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# Antibiotics boost diabetes mellitus risk
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/antibiotics_boost_diabetes_mellitus_risk_1124150858/
- Published: 2015-11-24T09:58:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T14:36:28.000Z
- Description: A population-based case-control study in JCEM reported that exposure to antibiotics of any type was associated with a 53% higher risk of type 2 diabetes. The piece notes certain antibiotics have long been used to induce diabetes in rodents.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Disease, Health News, #vivvo-import

Tuesday Nov 24, 2015 (foodconsumer.org) -- A new study published in 2015 in JCEM suggests that use of antibiotics may increase risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The study shows that exposure to antibiotics of any type was associated with 53% increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. In fact, certain antibiotics have already been used for a long time to induce diabetes mellitus in rodents.*Kristian Hallundbæk Mikkelsen, Filip Krag Knop, Morten Frost, Jesper Hallas, and Anton Pottegård, Use of Antibiotics and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Population-Based Case-Control Study, JCEM, Published Online: August 27, 2015*