Glycaemic control is associated with SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections in vaccinated patients with type 2 diabetes

In this study, Marfella et al. show that patients with diabetes and poor glycaemic control have a blunted response to COVID-19 vaccine and are more prone to develop breakthrough infections, with further analysis suggesting smoking and male sex as potential risk factors to get COVID-19 despite vaccin...

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Main Authors: Raffaele Marfella, Celestino Sardu, Nunzia D’Onofrio, Francesco Prattichizzo, Lucia Scisciola, Vincenzo Messina, Rosalba La Grotta, Maria Luisa Balestrieri, Paolo Maggi, Claudio Napoli, Antonio Ceriello, Giuseppe Paolisso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30068-2