About 3-5 percent of diabetes onset cases are due to COVID-19, in other words, roughly one in 20 people is a diabetic, according to an alarming study. The study, led by a team of researchers from the University of British Columbia, found that SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with a higher risk of diabetes, suggesting that these infections contributed to the excess burden of diabetes at the population level It is possible ,
“These findings suggest that COVID-19 infection may be associated with consequences in organ systems involved in regulating blood glucose after the acute phase,” said University Professor Naveed Janjua. The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, showed that men were more likely to have diabetes than women.
People who suffered from severe Covid and were hospitalized were twice as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes as compared to those who were not infected. In addition, those who were admitted to intensive care were more than three times as likely to develop diabetes, the researchers found.
Janjua said, “Given the large number of people infected with Covid-19, these additional cases of diabetes could translate into a huge population-level burden of diabetes, overwhelming an already overstretched health care system.” Can do.”
For the study, the team examined the records of 629,935 people who had taken the PCR test for Covid. The results showed that adults who tested positive for the virus were 17 percent more likely to develop diabetes within a year of testing positive. Men were 22 percent more likely to develop diabetes than unexposed individuals.
The research highlights the importance of being aware of the potential long-term consequences of COVID surveillance of people after infection for new-onset diabetes for timely diagnosis and treatment.