Those who got COVID-19 might be 40% more likely to develop diabetes.
. “It’s really, really clear that all these roads are pointing in one direction, that COVID-19 increases the risk of diabetes up to a year later."were around 40 percent more likely to develop diabetes up to a year later than those in the control groups.
This means that for every 1,000 patients studied in each group, roughly 15 more people were diagnosed with diabetes in the COVID-19 group. And nearly all of the cases were type 2 diabetes, a condition in which the body develops resistance to or does not produce enough insulin.were more likely to develop the condition.
"When this whole pandemic recedes, we’re going to be left with the legacy of this pandemic — a legacy of chronic disease," for which health-care systems are unprepared, says Al-Aly,