TY - JOUR T1 - Solving one of the pieces of the puzzle: COVID-19 and type 2 diabetes JO - Revista Clínica Española (English Edition) T2 - AU - Pérez-Martínez,P. AU - Carrasco Sánchez,F.J. AU - Carretero Gómez,J. AU - Gómez-Huelgas,R. SN - 22548874 M3 - 10.1016/j.rceng.2020.05.004 DO - 10.1016/j.rceng.2020.05.004 UR - https://www.revclinesp.es/en-solving-one-pieces-puzzle-covid-19-articulo-S2254887420300709 AB - The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic represents an enormous challenge. Given the considerable presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the current population, the pandemic is a health issue that requires an effort to provide better responses to our patients who are more vulnerable to the onset of infection and who are candidates for presenting more severe symptoms. This document attempts to address the relationship between COVID-19 infection and type 2 diabetes mellitus. To this end, we will briefly analyse whether the epidemiological data support this association and, subsequently, go in depth on the pathophysiological mechanisms that might connect the two diseases. ER -