Comparative Incidence of Diabetes Following Hospital Admission for COVID-19 and Pneumonia: A Cohort Study
Authors' conclusion
Our data do not support a clear impact of COVID-19 on the incidence of diabetes compared with risks in several comparator groups, including contemporaneously assessed risks in people hospitalized with pneumonia.
Study context
- Population
- People admitted to hospital for COVID-19 and/or pneumonia between 1 April 2020 and 31 August 2020 in England; comparator cohorts admitted with pneumonia over the same dates in 2017, 2018 and 2019
- Exposure
- COVID-19 and/or pneumonia admissions in 2020 vs pneumonia admissions in 2017–2019
- Outcome
- Incident diabetes after discharge (adjusted incidence rate)
- Follow-up
- Up to 31 March of the following year
Methodological detailscomparator cohorts from 2017, 2018 and 2019, linked with the National Diabetes Audit, Poisson regression
- Comparator cohorts from 2017, 2018 and 2019
- Linked with the National Diabetes Audit
- Poisson regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Diabetes incidence rate, adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity and deprivation
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Comparative Incidence of Diabetes Following Hospital Admission for COVID-19 and Pneumonia: A Cohort Study. Diabetes Care. Published 17 January 2023. doi:10.
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