Frontiers in Medicine (Jun 2021)

Major Characteristics of Severity and Mortality in Diabetic Patients With COVID-19 and Establishment of Severity Risk Score

  • Yu-Feng Xiao,
  • Jia-Lin He,
  • Jia-Lin He,
  • Jia-Lin He,
  • Yu Xu,
  • Yu Xu,
  • Yu Xu,
  • Xi Liu,
  • Xi Liu,
  • Xi Liu,
  • Hui Lin,
  • Qi Li,
  • Qi Li,
  • Qi Li,
  • Zhi Xu,
  • Zhi Xu,
  • Zhi Xu,
  • Ming-Dong Hu,
  • Ming-Dong Hu,
  • Ming-Dong Hu,
  • Xiao-Bao Ren,
  • Xiao-Bao Ren,
  • Xiao-Bao Ren,
  • Cheng Zhang,
  • Cheng Zhang,
  • Cheng Zhang,
  • Wen-Jing Zhang,
  • Wen-Jing Zhang,
  • Wen-Jing Zhang,
  • Wei Duan,
  • Wei Duan,
  • Wei Duan,
  • Yong-Feng Tian,
  • Yong-Feng Tian,
  • Yong-Feng Tian,
  • Ping Li,
  • Ping Li,
  • Ping Li,
  • Hao Wu,
  • Hao Wu,
  • Cai-Ping Song,
  • Cai-Ping Song,
  • Cai-Ping Song,
  • En Liu,
  • Shi-Ming Yang,
  • Shi-Ming Yang,
  • Shi-Ming Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.655604
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8

Abstract

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Objectives: Diabetes is a risk factor for poor COVID-19 prognosis. The analysis of related prognostic factors in diabetic patients with COVID-19 would be helpful for further treatment of such patients.Methods: This retrospective study involved 3623 patients with COVID-19 (325 with diabetes). Clinical characteristics and laboratory tests were collected and compared between the diabetic group and the non-diabetic group. Binary logistic regression analysis was applied to explore risk factors associated in diabetic patients with COVID-19. A prediction model was built based on these risk factors.Results: The risk factors for higher mortality in diabetic patients with COVID-19 were dyspnea, lung disease, cardiovascular diseases, neutrophil, PLT count, and CKMB. Similarly, dyspnea, cardiovascular diseases, neutrophil, PLT count, and CKMB were risk factors related to the severity of diabetes with COVID-19. Based on these factors, a risk score was built to predict the severity of disease in diabetic patients with COVID-19. Patients with a score of 7 or higher had an odds ratio of 7.616.Conclusions: Dyspnea is a critical clinical manifestation that is closely related to the severity of disease in diabetic patients with COVID-19. Attention should also be paid to the neutrophil, PLT count and CKMB levels after admission.

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