Pneumonia as a predictor of diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease: a national cohort study
Filip Jansåker, Xinjun Li, Kristina Sundquist, Henning Stenberg · 2026
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Jansåker and co-authors ask whether pneumonia predicts later diabetes and heart disease, in a 2026 Swedish cohort study. Earlier small studies hinted that many pneumonia patients carry undiagnosed diabetes and face higher heart risk afterward. This study uses nationwide registers plus primary care data, where most pneumonia is treated. It follows adults aged 35 to 75 from 2007 to 2018, excluding those who already had the outcomes.
More than 4.5 million people entered each analysis. Pneumonia came before about 30 percent of new diabetes cases and 32 percent of new heart disease cases. After age adjustment, pneumonia was linked to a 12 percent higher diabetes rate and an 18 percent higher heart disease rate. The authors present pneumonia as a warning sign worth follow-up.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Filip Jansåker, Xinjun Li, Kristina Sundquist, Henning Stenberg |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |