Clinical features of patients with type 2 diabetes with and without Covid-19: A case control study (CoViDiab I).

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To evaluate whether subjects with diabetes hospitalized for Coronavirus disease-19 (Covid-19) represent a subgroup of patients with high-risk clinical features compared to patients with diabetes without Covid-19.

Methods

In this case-control study 79 patients with type 2 diabetes out of 354 adults hospitalized for Covid-19 and 158 controls with type 2 diabetes but without Covid-19, matched for age and gender, were enrolled. Medical history and concomitant therapies were retrieved from medical charts and compared between cases and controls, controlling for confounders.

Results

Fully-adjusted multivariate logistic regression model showed that previous CVD history did not differ between patients with and without Covid-19 (odds ratio 1.40, 95% confidence interval [CI

SUBMITTER: Maddaloni E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7505069 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature