The risk works out to about 6.5 additional diabetes cases for every 1,000 Covid patients who don’t end up in the hospital. Tracking CasesAlmost 500 doctors from around the world have agreed to share data via Rubino’s diabetes registry. Surveillance for diabetes from population-based data may be a clearer way to gauge the pandemic’s impact, said Jonathan Shaw, deputy director of the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne. While none of the children in 2020 had active Covid-19, doctors weren’t systematically testing for a prior SARS-CoV-2 infection. The pandemic itself has also resulted in lifestyle changes that may be putting kids at risk of diabetes.

Source: Mint May 09, 2021 07:07 UTC