Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2020 Jul 19:e3388. doi: 10.1002/dmrr.3388. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
AIMS: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a rapidly progressing pandemic, with four million confirmed cases and 280,000 deaths at the time of writing. Some studies have suggested that diabetes is associated with a greater risk of developing severe forms of COVID-19. The primary objective of the present study was to compare the clinical features and outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with vs. without diabetes.
METHODS: All consecutive adult patients admitted to Amiens University Hospital (Amiens, France) with confirmed COVID-19 up until April 21st , 2020, were included. The composite primary endpoint comprised admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and death. Both components were also analyzed separately in a logistic regression analysis and a Cox proportional hazards model.
RESULTS: A total of 433 patients (median age: 72; 238 (55%) men; diabetes: 115 (26.6%)) were included. Most of the deaths occurred in non-ICU units and among older adults. Multivariate analyses showed that diabetes was associated neither with the primary endpoint (odds ratio (OR): 1.12; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.66-1.90) nor with mortality (hazard ratio: 0.73; 95%CI: 0.40-1.34) but was associated with ICU admission (OR: 2.06; 95%CI 1.09-3.92, p=0.027) and a longer length of hospital stay. Age was negatively associated with ICU admission and positively associated with death.
DISCUSSION: Diabetes was prevalent in a quarter of the patients hospitalized with COVID-19; it was associated with a greater risk of ICU admission but not with a significant elevation in mortality. Further investigation of the relationship between COVID-19 severity and diabetes is warranted. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
PMID:32683744 | DOI:10.1002/dmrr.3388