Vaccination appears to reduce the heightened risk of developing type 2 diabetes after a COVID-19 infection, according to a new study.
Early in the pandemic, people who recovered from a COVID infection faced a higher likelihood of developing diseases such as diabetes for the first time. This study confirmed those observations and found that the higher risk continued throughout the pandemic, even as new variants emerged.
“This research study helps us understand — and better prepare for — the post-COVID era of cardiovascular risk,” he says. To account for disruptions in health care use during the pandemic, they compared their findings with the odds of another new diagnosis unrelated to the COVID visit, such as urinary tract infection or acid reflux. They also included factors such as age, sex, timing of infection , and if the patient had received the COVID vaccine.
The combined risk — for both vaccinated and unvaccinated patients — was 2.1%, with 70% occurring after COVID infection versus 30% before COVID exposure. “These results suggest that COVID-19 vaccination prior to infection may provide a protective effect against diabetes risk,” Kwan says. “Although further studies are needed to validate this hypothesis, we remain steadfast in our belief that COVID-19 vaccination remains an important tool in protecting against COVID-19 and the still-uncertain risks that people may experience during the post-infection period.
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