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COVID-19 infection is associated with a higher risk of developing diabetes, according to international researchers looking at a cohort of over 600,000 people. The team used a COVID-19 surveillance study in Canada to compare rates of previously healthy people being diagnosed with diabetes among those who had and hadn't tested positive to COVID-19. They say the rate of new diabetes diagnoses was 672.2 per 100,000 people exposed to COVID-19, and 508.7 people per 100,000 in those who hadn't been exposed. The researchers calculated about a 3-5% excess burden of diabetes at a population level that could have been influenced by COVID-19.
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About The Study: In this study of more than 600,000 individuals, SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with a higher risk of diabetes and may have contributed to a 3% to 5% excess burden of diabetes at a population level.
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