Disease categories in evolutionary medicine
| Category | Examples of disease |
|---|---|
| Extrinsic cause | Infectious diseases, trauma, starvation, malnutrition and toxins |
| Intrinsic cause | |
| Diseases that are adverse effects of host defenses | Autoimmune diseases, asthma and allergies |
| Diseases of disordered homeostasis | Type 2 diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis and hypertension |
| Diseases resulting from age-related loss of maintenance | Neurodegeneration, sarcopenia, reduced renal function, osteoporosis and cancer |
| Genetic, genomic and chromosomal diseases | Mendelian diseases, trisomies and Turner syndrome |
| Maternal, paternal and fetal genetic conflict disorders | Eclampsia, gestational diabetes and possibly schizophrenia and autism |