Elsevier

Diabetes & Metabolism

Volume 46, Issue 4, September 2020, Pages 335-337
Diabetes & Metabolism

Research letter
Patients with diabetes are at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19

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Highlights

  • 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.

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