Table 2

Incidence and adjusted ORs* for hospitalization only and severe outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes or at risk of type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetesAt risk of type 2 diabetes†
Hospitalization only (%)ICU, intubation, death (%)Hospitalization
OR (95% CI)
ICU, intubation, death
OR (95% CI)
Hospitalization only (%)ICU, intubation, death (%)Hospitalization
OR (95% CI)
ICU, intubation, death
OR (95% CI)
Age <6516.67.6RefRef9.72.2RefRef
Age ≥6526.117.41.24
(1.02 to 1.49)‡
1.45
(1.13 to 1.85)‡
22.412.31.20
(1.01 to 1.43)‡
2.05
(1.57 to 2.67)‡
Women20.210.6RefRef12.23.5RefRef
Men21.413.31.03
(0.88 to 1.21)
1.21
(0.98 to 1.49)
13.86.51.14
(1.00 to 1.30)
1.62
(1.32 to 1.99)‡
White19.815.8RefRef12.35.8RefRef
Black20.47.81.08
(0.89 to 1.32)
0.68
(0.52 to 0.89)‡
14.82.61.54
(1.31 to 1.80)‡
0.81
(0.43 to 1.52)
Hispanic27.38.71.73
(1.36 to 2.19)‡
1.10
(0.78 to 1.55)
13.72.71.77
(1.43 to 2.18)‡
1.23
(0.81 to 1.87)
March to June 202024.115.0RefRef15.75.5RefRef
July to October 202022.19.10.72
(0.59 to 0.89)‡
0.35
(0.27 to 0.47)‡
15.63.00.89
(0.76 to 1.05)
0.39
(0.29 to 0.53)‡
November 2020 to February 202117.911.30.55
(0.45 to 0.66)‡
0.36
(0.29 to 0.46)‡
9.85.10.52
(0.44 to 0.60)‡
0.53
(0.42 to 0.67)‡
BMI <18.528.623.81.49
(0.49 to 4.55)
2.17
(0.60 to 7.79)
34.84.41.80
(0.67 to 4.84)
0.63
(0.07 to 5.28)
BMI 18.5–24.925.412.8RefRef18.07.9RefRef
BMI 25–29.925.111.61.18
(0.89 to 1.56)
1.10
(0.75 to 1.61)
12.44.50.73
(0.59 to 0.91)‡
0.66
(0.48 to 0.92)‡
BMI 30–39.918.811.60.92
(0.70 to 1.20)
1.17
(0.81 to 1.67)
11.84.70.77
(0.62 to 0.96)‡
0.88
(0.64 to 1.22)
BMI ≥4018.212.11.05
(0.77 to 1.43)
1.52
(1.02 to 2.26)‡
12.33.00.93
(0.71 to 1.21)
0.81
(0.52 to 1.27)
CCI score (every 5 units)2.06
(1.76 to 2.42)‡
2.75
(2.26 to 3.35)‡
4.24
(3.64 to 4.93)‡
6.12
(4.94 to 7.60)‡
No insulin16.79.5RefRef
Any insulin27.515.91.63
(1.37 to 1.94)‡
1.59
(1.27 to 1.99)‡
No metformin24.815.6RefRef
Any metformin15.26.70.63
(0.53 to 0.75)‡
0.56
(0.45 to 0.71)‡
No DPP-4 inhibitor21.111.8RefRef
Any DPP-4 inhibitor17.512.10.75
(0.58 to 0.98)‡
1.03
(0.75 to 1.42)
No GLP-1R agonist21.111.9RefRef
Any GLP-1R agonist13.411.50.61
(0.40 to 0.93)‡
1.07
(0.66 to 1.72)
No SGLT2 inhibitor21.112.2RefRef
Any SGLT2 inhibitor17.48.71.08 (0.82 to 1.42)1.06
(0.73 to 1.55)
  • *Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, smoking status, CCI score, time of COVID-19 diagnosis, BMI category, SBP (quartile), DBP (quartile), HDL level (quartile), and LDL level (quartile). Additional adjustments for HbA1c level, insulin use, metformin use, DPP-4 inhibitor use, GLP-1R agonist use, and SGLT2 inhibitor use in analyses of patients with type 2 diabetes.

  • †At risk defined based on elevated BMI, pre-diabetes diagnosis, or elevated HbA1c.

  • ‡P<0.05.

  • BMI, body mass index; CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; DPP-4, dipeptidyl peptidase-4; GLP-1R, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; ICU, intensive care unit; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SGLT2, Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 .