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Flu Hospitalization Tied to Diabetes Risk

A large English cohort study found influenza hospitalization more than doubled the short-term risk of new-onset diabetes, with prediabetes and critical care admission among the strongest predictors.

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  • Andrea Surnit

  • May 12, 2026

  • 5 min

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    Influenza hospitalization increases diabetes risk post-discharge.

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    Study period spanned from 2004 to

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    Higher rates of prediabetes observed among influenza patients.

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    Key risk factors included older age, male sex, and obesity.

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    35% of influenza patients received diabetes-related tests after discharge.

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    Among prediabetic patients, many progressed to diabetes.

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    Study emphasizes need for better influenza prevention efforts.

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Flu Hospitalization Tied to Diabetes Risk

  • by Andrea Surnit

  • May 12, 2026

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