Patients with diabetes are at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19 - 22/05/20
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Highlights |
• | It is currently uncertain whether people with diabetes are at higher risk of severe illness from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). |
• | We found that diabetes was associated with an approximately 4-fold increased risk of having severe/critical COVID-19 illness. |
• | This association was independent of age, sex, obesity, hypertension and smoking. |
• | These findings highlight the urgent need for a multidisciplinary team-based approach to management of this patient population. |
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