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ABSTRACT: Aims
Pre-existing conditions, such as age, hypertension, obesity, and diabetes, constitute known risk factors for severe COVID-19. However, the impact of prediabetes mellitus (PDM) on COVID-19 severity is less clear. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of PDM in the acute and long-term phases of COVID-19.Materials and methods
We compared inflammatory mediators, laboratory and clinical parameters and symptoms in COVID-19 patients with prediabetes (PDM) and without diabetes (NDM) during the acute phase of infection and at three months post-hospitalization.Results
Patients with PDM had longer hospital stays and required intensive care unit admission more frequently than NDM. Upon hospitalization, PDM patients exhibited higher serum levels of interleukin 6 (IL-6), which is related to reduced partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) in arterial blood, oxygen saturation (SpO2) and increased COVID-19 severity. However, at three months after discharge, those with PDM did not exhibit significant alterations in laboratory parameters or residual symptoms; however, PDM was observed to influence the profile of reported symptoms.Conclusions
PDM seems to be associated with increased risk of severe COVID-19, as well as higher serum levels of IL-6, which may constitute a potential biomarker of severe COVID-19 risk in affected patients. Furthermore, while PDM correlated with more severe acute-phase COVID-19, no long-term worsening of sequelae was observed.
SUBMITTER: Bonyek-Silva I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9311489 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Bonyek-Silva Icaro I Cerqueira-Silva Thiago T Nunes Sara S Machado Antônio Fernando Araújo AFA Cruz Márcio Rivison Silva MRS Pereira Blenda B Estrela Leilane L Silva Jéssica J Isis Ananda A Barral Aldina A Oliveira Pablo Rafael Silveira PRS Khouri Ricardo R Serezani C Henrique CH Brodskyn Cláudia C Caldas Juliana Ribeiro JR Barral-Netto Manoel M Boaventura Viviane V Tavares Natalia Machado NM
Frontiers in endocrinology 20220708
<h4>Aims</h4>Pre-existing conditions, such as age, hypertension, obesity, and diabetes, constitute known risk factors for severe COVID-19. However, the impact of prediabetes mellitus (PDM) on COVID-19 severity is less clear. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of PDM in the acute and long-term phases of COVID-19.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>We compared inflammatory mediators, laboratory and clinical parameters and symptoms in COVID-19 patients with prediabetes (PDM) and without diabetes ...[more]