Covid-19 infection appears to be linked to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, a study suggests. But Diabetes UK said there is “still work to do to unpick the link between the two conditions”.
Researchers from Germany have associated the two ailments in a new paper which explores people’s risk of being diagnosed with type 2 after they have had Covid. The study, published in the journal Diabetologia, examined data from more than 1,000 GP surgeries in Germany caring for a population of almost nine million patients.
Between March 2020 and January 2021 there were 35,865 people with a documented case of Covid-19. Compared with people who had other upper respiratory tract infections, those who had Covid had a 28% increased risk of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
