Study Finds Greater Risk of Diabetes After COVID-19 Infection
While there seems to be a correlation, it’s a little complicated—and scientists don’t have all the answers. Here’s what we know, as of now.It’s important to state upfront that correlation doesn’t equal causation. Meaning, there may be some other reason why people are more likely to receive a new diabetes diagnosis after having COVID-19, like going to the doctor’s office more. But Thomas Russo, M.D.
Alan Kwan, M.D., lead study author of the latest JAMA study and a cardiologist at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, also says he suspects COVID-19 may cause different types of diabetes. “There have been a few papers now showing this diabetes connection,” he says. “I have a much higher suspicion for this being real since we’re seeing it in multiple populations and study designs. We tried to expand on those by looking at whether it continues to hold during the Omicron era—it does.”
There’s a lot that needs to be unpacked here, says infectious disease expert Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, including parsing outdiagnoses. A note: Dr. Kwan says his study looked at all types of diabetes because some medical codes don’t specify, making it hard to know what to include or exclude when searching for diabetes diagnoses.
There are some theories on why COVID-19 may lead to various diabetes diagnoses. “More severe infections are likely to be treated with corticosteroids such as dexamethasone, which can precipitate diabetes,” Dr. Adalja says.
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