Covid-19: Infection raises risk of diabetes and heart disease diagnoses in following weeks, study finds

Patients who contract covid-19 are at increased risk of being diagnosed with cardiovascular disorders and diabetes in the three months following infection, although the risk then declines back to baseline levels, a large UK study has found.1Researchers from King’s College London say patients recovering from covid-19 should be advised to consider measures to reduce diabetes risk including adopting a healthy diet and taking exercise.The GP medical records from more than 428 650 covid-19 patients were matched with the same number of controls and followed up to January 2022. All patients with pre-existing diabetes or cardiovascular disease were excluded from the study, published in the open access journal PLOS Medicine.According to the analysis, diabetes mellitus diagnoses were increased by 81% in acute covid-19 and remained elevated by 27% from 4 to 12 weeks after infection (adjusted rate ratio 1.81, 95% confidence interval 1.51 to 2.19).Acute covid-19 was associated with a sixfold…
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