Antibiotics increase diabetes risk by 16%

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Use of antibiotics increases the risk of developing diabetes by 16%. It depends on the duration of the course and on the drugs themselves, as scientists from Seoul National University found.

South Korean researchers analyzed data from the National Health Insurance Service, which allowed them to reveal a causal relationship between the use of antibiotics and the risk of diabetes. .

More than 200,000 adults aged 40 and over were found in the database. Demographic characteristics of the sample population were analyzed, including the prescription of antibiotics, the number of classes of these drugs used, and the incidence of diabetes.

Results show that people who use antibiotics the longest have the highest risk of developing diabetes. It also increased in those who used various classes of these drugs. The risk of diabetes was 16% higher in those who took antibiotics for 90 days or more than in those who did not.

If a person used more than 5 types of antibiotics, their risk of diabetes increased by 14%, compared to those who were satisfied with only one type. The authors of the study believe that antibiotics disrupt the intestinal microbiota, and in vulnerable population groups, this can trigger diabetes.