Table 4.

Medical eligibility criteria for hormonal contraceptive use in women with diabetes mellitus (DM) associated or not with vasculopathy

	COC/RING/PATCH	CIC	POP	DMPA	ENG/LNG IMPLANTS	LNG-IUS
DM (regardless of insulin use)
Nonvascular disease	2	2	2	2	2	2
Nephropathy, retinopathy, neuropathy, or another vascular disease or diabetes of >20 years duration	3/4	3/4	2	3	2	2

Note: Reprinted from Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use, Fifth edition, World Health Organization, 1–267, Copyright 2015. Available from: http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/family_planning/MEC-5/en/.¹³

Abbreviations: CIC, combined injectable contraceptive; COC, combined oral contraceptive; DM, diabetes mellitus; DMPA, depot medroxyprogesterone acetate; ENG, etonogestrel; LNG, levonorgestrel; LNG-IUS, levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system; POP, progestogen-only pill.