Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients in a Regional Population With Diabetes Mellitus: The ACCREDIT Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify clinical and biochemical characteristics associated with 7- & 30-day mortality and intensive care admission amongst diabetes patients admitted with COVID-19.

Research design and methods

We conducted a cohort study collecting data from medical notes of hospitalised people with diabetes and COVID-19 in 7 hospitals within the Mersey-Cheshire region from 1 January to 30 June 2020. We also explored the impact on inpatient diabetes team resources. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed and optimised by splitting the dataset into a training, test, and validation sets, developing a robust predictive model for the primary outcome.

Results

We analyzed data from 1004 diabetes patients (mean age 74.1 (± 12.6) years, predomina

SUBMITTER: Llanera DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8793829 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature