Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19: A metabolic perspective

  1. Philipp E Scherer
  2. John P Kirwan
  3. Clifford J Rosen  Is a corresponding author
  1. Touchstone Diabetes Center University of Texas Southwestern, United States
  2. Pennington Biomedical Research Center, United States
  3. Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, United States
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Pathophysiology of Post-Acute Sequelae of CoV-2 (PASC) is multifactorial and may be exacerbated by insulin resistance and adiposity due to chronic inflammation and viral persistence.

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Table 1
Risk of new onset metabolic dysfunction (T2D/hyperglycemia for post-SARS-CoV-2 patients).
AuthorStudy typeHR or OR (95% CI), comments
Aminian et alLongitudinal COVID + 2800 pts1.39 (1.13–1.71), for future Dx testing
Leong et alMendelian Random UKBio1.14 (1.07–1.21), BMI and COVID-19 + severe
Xie et alCohort Study 180,000 VA Records1.40 (1.36–1.44), incident DM of COVID-19+
Fernández-de-Las-PeñasCase Control 2991.06 (0.92–1.24), not significant DM risk
Barrett et al.Two Retrospective Cohorts Record IQVIA, HealthVerity Covid+2.66 (1.98–356) for DM (claims data)*1.31 (1.20–1.44) for DM (claims data)
MontefuscoProspective 551 pts hospitalized46% of COVID-19 + pts hyperglyc at 2 months
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    CDC MMWR report.

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  1. Philipp E Scherer
  2. John P Kirwan
  3. Clifford J Rosen
(2022)
Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19: A metabolic perspective
eLife 11:e78200.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.78200