People who have diabetes along with elevated blood sugar levels face a significantly higher risk of being hospitalized with severe illness from COVID-19, according to a review by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), which is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
Each year, the federation publishes its IDF Diabetes Atlas, which summarizes the latest data on how the disease is impacting people around the world.
In the 2022 edition, researchers took a deep dive into the link between diabetes and COVID-19, analyzing 3,799 articles and 91 studies.
