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# Infertility linked to diabetes mellitus
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/infertility_linked_to_diabetes_mellitus_1123150129/
- Published: 2015-11-23T14:29:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:25:13.000Z
- Description: In the Nurses' Health Study II, women with a history of infertility were 20% more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes over 14 years of follow-up. Risk rose 43% when the infertility came from ovulation disorders and 34% when it came from tubal factors.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Disease, Health News, #vivvo-import

Monday Nov 23, 2015 (foodconsumer.org) -- Infertility particularly in the case that the condition is related to ovulation disorders and tubal blockage is linked to higher risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to a new study.

An analysis of data from the Nurses’ Health Study II prospective cohort showed that participants with a history of infection were 20% more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus than those who did not have a history of infertility during a 14-year follow-up.

The study found that when infertility was caused by ovulation disorders and tubal factor, the risk for developing type 2 diabetes mellitus was increased by 43% and 34% respectively.

*Deirdre K. Tobias , Audrey J. Gaskins, Stacey A. Missmer, Frank B. Hu, JoAnn E. Manson, Germaine M. Buck Louis, Cuilin Zhang, Jorge E. Chavarro, History of infertility and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study, Diabetologia, April 2015, Volume 58, Issue 4, pp 707-715*