Volume 12, Issue 11 pp. 851-855
RESEARCH LETTER

Diabetes mellitus association with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity and mortality: A pooled analysis

糖尿病与冠状病毒病2019(COVID-19)的严重程度和死亡率的关联:汇总分析

Gaurav Aggarwal

Gaurav Aggarwal

Department of Medicine, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

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Giuseppe Lippi

Giuseppe Lippi

Section of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

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Carl J. Lavie

Carl J. Lavie

John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School - The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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Brandon Michael Henry

Corresponding Author

Brandon Michael Henry

Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Correspondence

Brandon Michael Henry, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45229.

Email: [email protected]

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Fabian Sanchis-Gomar

Fabian Sanchis-Gomar

Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia and INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, Valencia, Spain

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

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First published: 16 July 2020
Citations: 44

Funding information: Subprograma Atracció de Talent - Contractes Postdoctorals de la Universitat de València

Graphical Abstract

Highlights

  • There are ~ 2-fold increased odds of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and a ~ 2-fold increased risk of odds of mortality in patients with history of diabetes mellitus compared to those without diabetes mellitus.
  • Patients with a history of diabetes mellitus should be closely monitored if they get infected with COVID-19.

Results of meta-analysis showing association of diabetes mellitus with severity (Panel A) of disease and mortality (Panel B) in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients

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