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Editor, Senior Moderator
Diabetes Metab. 2020 May 13. pii: S1262-3636(20)30075-6. doi: 10.1016/j.diabet.2020.05.001. [Epub ahead of print]
Patients with diabetes are at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19.
Targher G[SUP]1[/SUP], Mantovani A[SUP]2[/SUP], Wang XB[SUP]3[/SUP], Yan HD[SUP]4[/SUP], Sun QF[SUP]5[/SUP], Pan KH[SUP]6[/SUP], Byrne CD[SUP]7[/SUP], Zheng KI[SUP]8[/SUP], Chen YP[SUP]9[/SUP], Eslam M[SUP]10[/SUP], George J[SUP]10[/SUP], Zheng MH[SUP]11[/SUP].
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Abstract
It is currently uncertain whether people with diabetes are at higher risk of severe illness from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We found that diabetes was associated with an approximately 4-fold increased risk of having severe/critical COVID-19 illness. This association was independent of age, sex, obesity, hypertension and smoking. These findings highlight the urgent need for a multidisciplinary team-based approach to management of this patient population.
Copyright ? 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; Diabetes; Virus infection
PMID:32416321DOI:10.1016/j.diabet.2020.05.001
Patients with diabetes are at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19.
Targher G[SUP]1[/SUP], Mantovani A[SUP]2[/SUP], Wang XB[SUP]3[/SUP], Yan HD[SUP]4[/SUP], Sun QF[SUP]5[/SUP], Pan KH[SUP]6[/SUP], Byrne CD[SUP]7[/SUP], Zheng KI[SUP]8[/SUP], Chen YP[SUP]9[/SUP], Eslam M[SUP]10[/SUP], George J[SUP]10[/SUP], Zheng MH[SUP]11[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
It is currently uncertain whether people with diabetes are at higher risk of severe illness from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We found that diabetes was associated with an approximately 4-fold increased risk of having severe/critical COVID-19 illness. This association was independent of age, sex, obesity, hypertension and smoking. These findings highlight the urgent need for a multidisciplinary team-based approach to management of this patient population.
Copyright ? 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; Diabetes; Virus infection
PMID:32416321DOI:10.1016/j.diabet.2020.05.001