Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).
- Obesity (obesity).
- Metabolic syndrome – clinical name for the symptom combination of obesity (overweight), hypertension (high blood pressure), elevated fasting glucose (fasting blood sugar) and fasting insulin serum levels (insulin resistance), and dyslipidemia (elevated VLDL triglycerides, decreased HDL cholesterol). Furthermore, a coagulation disorder (increased tendency to clotting), with an increased risk of thromboembolism can often be detected.
- Pseudo-Cushing’s syndrome – syndrome, which can occur in chronic alcohol abuse, obesity, depression and other diseases.
Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48).
- Incidentalomas (incidentally discovered neoplasms) of the adrenal gland.
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99).
- Depressive syndrome
Medication
- Cortisol continuous medication
- Oral contraceptives (hormonal preparations consisting of different combinations of estrogens and progestins).