Is Diabetes a Risk Factor for Long COVID? Possibly.

Is Diabetes a Risk Factor for Long COVID? Possibly. Mixed results in seven-study scoping review Kristen Monaco medpagetoday

The jury is still out as to whether diabetes is a risk factor for post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), a researcher reported.

In a scoping review of seven studies, three (43%) concluded that diabetes was indeed a "potent" risk factor for developing long COVID following infection, according to Jessica L. Harding, PhD, of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta...