**4.10 Prediabetes**

Prediabetes is associated with increased CRP and IL-6, and hospitalized patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 infection have been noted to have prediabetes, hence it has been proposed that pre-diabetes be treated as a comorbidity for COVID-19 infection [34]. Whether screening of all COVID-19 infected patients for prediabetes to improve patient care is feasible or beneficial remains to be seen as there is currently no therapeutic drug approved for prediabetes.
