biostudies-literatureMcGurnaghan SJWellcome Trust82-93https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7832778biostudies-literatureUnknown9(2)<h4>Background</h4>We aimed to ascertain the cumulative risk of fatal or critical care unit-treated COVID-19 in people with diabetes and compare it with that of people without diabetes, and to investigate risk factors for and build a cross-validated predictive model of fatal or critical care unit-treated COVID-19 among people with diabetes.<h4>Methods</h4>In this cohort study, we captured the data encompassing the first wave of the pandemic in Scotland, from March 1, 2020, when the first case was identified, to July 31, 2020, when infection rates had dropped sufficiently that shielding measures were officially terminated. The participants were the total population of Scotland, including all people with diabetes who were alive 3 weeks before the start of the pandemic in Scotland (estimated The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinologyRisks of and risk factors for COVID-19 disease in people with diabetes: a cohort study of the total population of Scotland.PMC7832778201492/Z/16/ZMcDonald EBailey DMellor JPetrie JCollier APurdie CCarruthers JMerrick AHatam SBrownlie SMcAuley AMurphy-Hall MMcAllister DAMurray JScottish Diabetes Research Network Epidemiology GroupMcKeigue PMGowans GColhoun HMGaffney AFischbacher CGoldberg DSmith-Palmer AGasiorowski AHall RSullivan CMcKnight JDrennan GMcLeod AGlass EKennedy SMcCrimmon RHenderson DMcMenamin JYoung JColombo MKennon BPaton MLlano MMcArdle EWild SHHeatlie KBlackbourn LAKMcCoubrey JLone NSattar NWeir APublic Health Scotland COVID-19 Health Protection Study GroupHutchinson SMcGurnaghan SJMilne AMalcolm WWhettlock ABishop JPhilip SHohn ACaparrotta TMO'Reilly JELindsay RWent ARamsey CRobertson CButterly EJeyam AMurdoch HReid MPearson EDonaldson LReid GCameron RfalseRisks of and risk factors for COVID-19 disease in people with diabetes: a cohort study of the total population of Scotland.<h4>Background</h4>We aimed to ascertain the cumulative risk of fatal or critical care unit-treated COVID-19 in people with diabetes and compare it with that of people without diabetes, and to investigate risk factors for and build a cross-validated predictive model of fatal or critical care unit-treated COVID-19 among people with diabetes.<h4>Methods</h4>In this cohort study, we captured the data encompassing the first wave of the pandemic in Scotland, from March 1, 2020, when the first case was identified, to July 31, 2020, when infection rates had dropped sufficiently that shielding measures were officially terminated. The participants were the total population of Scotland, including all people with diabetes who were alive 3 weeks before the start of the pandemic in Scotland (estimated 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 Feb2025-04-26T06:31:06.541Z2021-02-21T02:31:09ZS-EPMC78327783335749110.1016/S2213-8587(20)30405-8