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Taking steroids more than doubles a person's risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, a new study warns, reports UPI.
Patients taking steroid pills, injections or infusions are 2.6 times more likely to develop diabetes than those not on steroids, researchers reported Sunday in a presentation at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Madrid.
The results of this large-scale study confirm suspicions that the effects of steroids on blood sugar levels can boost diabetes risk, researchers said.
Steroids are used to treat a wide range of medical problems by helping quell inflammation. These include asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and cancer.
Unfortunately, the drugs also increase blood sugar levels by reducing insulin sensitivity and interfering with cells' ability to absorb glucose, according to Diabetes UK.
To see whether this effect on blood sugar could cause diabetes, the research team analyzed data on more than 450,000 people treated between 2025 and 2025 by Oxford University Hospitals.
None of the people had diabetes at the start of the study, and none were taking steroids.
During the period of the study, nearly 4% of the patients began taking steroids while in the hospital, including prednisone, hydrocortisone, and dexamethasone.
Of all the patients, about 2% of those taking steroids wound up with Type 2 diabetes, compared with fewer than 1% of those who didn't receive steroids, researchers found.
When age and sex were factored in, steroids increased people's risk of diabetes by 2.6 times, researchers concluded.
People regularly taking steroids for asthma and arthritis should be monitored for diabetes, the study authors have recommended.