Use of Antibiotics and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Population-Based Case-Control Study

2015174 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Stine Ulrik Mikkelsen · Gentofte Hospital

Filip K. Knop · University of Copenhagen

Morten Frost · University of Southern Denmark

Jesper Hallas · University of Southern Denmark

Anton Pottegård · University of Southern Denmark

Abstract

Our results could support the possibility that antibiotics exposure increases type 2 diabetes risk. However, the findings may also represent an increased demand for antibiotics from increased risk of infections in patients with yet-undiagnosed diabetes.

Topics & Keywords

Gut microbiota and health Nutritional Studies and Diet Diet and metabolism studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Volume 100, Issue 10, pp. 3633-3640

DOI: 10.1210/jc.2015-2696

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