Adults at higher risk of developing diabetes after COVID-19 infection

February 14, 2023 Read in 2 minutes Source/Disclosure Issuer: Disclosure: Kwan reports receiving a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. See research for relevant financial disclosures of all other authors. Add topic to email alert Get an email when new articles are posted Enter your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted . " data-actionsubscribe> subscribe Your request could not be processed. Please try again later.If this issue persists, please contact us customerservice@slackinc.com. back to helio Adults infected with COVID-19 are at higher risk of developing the disease development of diabetes According to data published in 90 days post-infection compared to pre-infection JAMA network open. "Diabetes is a very important disease and cardiovascular risk factor Patients may be asymptomatic. ” Alan C. Kwan, M.D., M.Sc., cardiologist The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles told Helio. Our study adds to the previous studies shown increased risk of diabetes CV event after COVID infection. Although the level of evidence from our study and others may not be at the level needed to influence formal guidelines at this time, the increased clinical suspicion of diabetes following COVID infection and We believe that the lowered threshold for testing is reasonable. We believe that our study and others suggest a potential role for COVID in influencing cardiovascular risk. Therefore, both prevention of COVID infection and increased interest in post-COVID cardiovascular health are justified. ” Kwan et al. conducted a cohort study of adults with COVID-19 who were treated at Cedars-Sinai Health System from March 2020 to June 2022. From medical records. The researchers used a self-limiting exposure crossover design to estimate the odds of a new diagnosis 90 days after infection with COVID-19 compared to his 90 days before infection. As incident benchmark diagnoses unrelated to COVID-19, odds of new cardiometabolic diagnoses were also compared with odds of new diagnoses of urinary tract infection or gastroesophageal reflux. There were 23,709 adults infected with COVID-19 during the study period (mean age 47.4 years, 54% female). Adults had a higher risk of developing diabetes rather than the benchmark disease 90 days after COVID-19 infection compared to pre-infection (adjusted OR 1.58; 95% CI, 1.24-2.02; P. < .001). There was no difference in the risk of hypertension or hyperlipidemia compared with the post-infection benchmark diagnosis. Adults who did not receive the COVID-19 vaccine were more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes after COVID-19 infection compared to pre-infection (OR 1.78; 95% CI, 1.35-2.37; P. < .001). However, there was no interaction between vaccination status and diabetes diagnosis. Age, sex, and timing of infection were not associated with increased risk of cardiometabolic diagnosis before or after COVID-19 infection. “Currently, the observations we have provided regarding diabetes and COVID infection are relatively simple and do not yet provide a mechanistic understanding or encapsulation of the complexity of the COVID pandemic,” Kwan said. He said, "Further research into the mechanisms of why increased cardiometabolic risk occurs is important for managing and preventing serious harm to the health of the population." We need a more complex understanding of their interactions so that these data remain relevant in the midst of a pandemic.” For more information: Alan C. Kwan, M.D., M.Sc., can be reached by alan.kwan@cshs.org. Add topic to email alert Get an email when new articles are posted Enter your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted . " data-actionsubscribe> subscribe Your request could not be processed. Please try again later.If this issue persists, please contact us customerservice@slackinc.com. back to helio Sources 1/ https://Google.com/ 2/ https://www.healio.com/news/endocrinology/20230214/incident-diabetes-risk-higher-for-adults-after-covid19-infection The mention sources can contact us to remove/changing this article