Prognostic Factors for COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients with Preexisting Type 2 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) as a worldwide chronic disease combined with the COVID-19 pandemic prompts the need for improving the management of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with preexisting T2D to reduce complications and the risk of death. This study aimed to identify clinical factors associated with COVID-19 outcomes specifically targeted at T2D patients and build an individualized risk prediction nomogram for risk stratification and early clinical intervention to reduce mortality.

Methods

In this retrospective study, the clinical characteristics of 382 confirmed COVID-19 patients, consisting of 108 with and 274 without preexisting T2D, from January 8 to March 7, 2020, in Tianyou Hospital in Wuhan, China, were collected and analyzed. Univariate and multivariate Cox

SUBMITTER: Fu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8763039 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature