Society of Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention Journal of Preventive Epidemiology 2476-3934 5 2 2020 07 01 COVID-19 in diabetic patients; impacts and implications e29 e29 10.34172/jpe.2020.29 EN Mohaddeseh Bahmani https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7438-7653 Rojin Chegini https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8505-1728 Hamid Nasri https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-5741 Journal Article 10.34172/jpe.2020.29 2020 10 07 2020 12 16 The main aim of this study is to review the general characteristics of this virus and its relationship with diabetes according to studies that have been done about this relevance. We investigated and searched related articles to this topic in EBSCO, Medline/PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Google Scholar. According to numerous studies, diabetes is currently recognized as a risk factor for further complications of COVID-19.