Diabetes and coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)are worldwide pandemics that have had a major impact on public health throughout the globe.Risk factors for developing diabetes and having adverse outcomes of COVID-19 ap...Diabetes and coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)are worldwide pandemics that have had a major impact on public health throughout the globe.Risk factors for developing diabetes and having adverse outcomes of COVID-19 appear to be similar;metabolic factors(such as obesity),non-White ethnicity and poorer socioeconomic status appear to be risk factors for both.Diabetes and COVID-19 have a significant effect on populations adversely affected by health inequality.Whilst we hope that COVID-19 will be mitigated by widespread use of vaccines,no such prospect exists for mitigating the pandemic of diabetes.In this brief opinion review,I compare risk factors for diabetes and adverse outcomes of COVID-19 and argue that tackling health and social inequality is likely to play a major role in solving the global diabetes pandemic and improve outcomes of COVID-19.展开更多
文摘Diabetes and coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)are worldwide pandemics that have had a major impact on public health throughout the globe.Risk factors for developing diabetes and having adverse outcomes of COVID-19 appear to be similar;metabolic factors(such as obesity),non-White ethnicity and poorer socioeconomic status appear to be risk factors for both.Diabetes and COVID-19 have a significant effect on populations adversely affected by health inequality.Whilst we hope that COVID-19 will be mitigated by widespread use of vaccines,no such prospect exists for mitigating the pandemic of diabetes.In this brief opinion review,I compare risk factors for diabetes and adverse outcomes of COVID-19 and argue that tackling health and social inequality is likely to play a major role in solving the global diabetes pandemic and improve outcomes of COVID-19.
