COVID-19 Vaccination and Diabetes Mellitus: How Much Has It Made a Difference to Outcomes Following Confirmed COVID-19 Infection?

Adrian H HealdDavid A JenkinsRichard WilliamsRajshekhar N MudaliarAsma NaseemKelly A Bowden DaviesJ Martin GibsonYonghong PengWilliam Ollier

Published in: Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders (2022)

A beneficial effect of COVID-19 vaccination was seen in mitigating the harmful effects of COVID-19 infection; this was manifest in reduced hospital admission rate in T1DM individuals with a lesser effect in T2DM when compared with matched controls, regarding both hospital admission and mortality. Socio-economic disadvantage influenced likelihood of COVID-19 confirmed infection and the likelihood of hospital admission/death independent of the number of vaccinations given in T2DM.

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