Burden of diabetes mellitus and its impact on COVID-19 patients: A meta-analysis of real-world evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads rapidly and within no time, it has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Evidence suggests diabetes to be a risk factor for the progression and poor prognosis of COVID-19. Therefore, we aimed to understand the pooled prevalence of diabetes in patients infected with COVID-19. We also aimed to compute the risk of mortality and ICU admissions in COVID-19 patients with and without diabetes.

Methods

A comprehensive literature search was performed in PubMed to identify the articles reporting the diabetes prevalence and risk of mortality or ICU admission in COVID-19 patients. The primary outcome was to compute the pooled prevalence of diabetes in COVID-19 patients. Secondary outcomes included risk of

SUBMITTER: Hussain S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7439970 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature