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Does COVID Infection Affect Risk For Incident Diabetes?

As a member of the healthcare team you are seeing a 24-year-old man with obesity 2 months after he was diagnosed with COVID-19. He felt ongoing fatigue after his infection, and 2 laboratory assessments have confirmed the new diagnosis of diabetes. What should you consider regarding the relationship between incident diabetes after COVID-19 infection based on the previous study by Zhang and colleagues?

COVID-19 did not significantly increase the risk for diabetes

COVID-19 was associated with a higher risk for type 2 diabetes, but not type 1 diabetes

COVID-19 was associated with a higher risk for diabetes only among older adults

More severe cases of COVID-19 were associated with an even higher risk for diabetes
What can you tell this patient regarding the main conclusion of the current study by Kwan and colleagues?

COVID-19 was associated with higher risks for diabetes and hypertension before the Omicron variant, but Omicron itself was not associated with these outcomes

COVID-19 was associated with higher risks for diabetes and hypertension before and after dominance of the Omicron variant

COVID-19 was associated with a higher risk for diabetes, but not hypertension

COVID-19 was associated with a higher risk for hypertension, but not diabetes