Observational studySaudi medical journal2023
Impact of diabetes mellitus and co-morbidities on mortality in patients with COVID-19: A single-center retrospective study.
Observational study in Saudi medical journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Clinical, Laboratory, Infectious, and Intervention Factors Associated with ICU Mortality: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Clinical Course and Mortality Predictors in Adult Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 Infection-A Retrospective Cohort Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Influence of simultaneous comorbidities on COVID-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome mortality in people with diabetes.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2024Article
- Prothrombotic status in COVID‑19 with diabetes mellitus (Review).Biomedical reports · 2023Review
- Diabetes Mellitus and Its Association with Adverse In-Hospital Outcomes in Patients with COVID-19-A Nationwide Study.Viruses · 2023Article
- Molecular Mechanisms Responsible for Diabetogenic Effects of COVID-19 Infection-Induction of Autoimmune Dysregulation and Metabolic Disturbances.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- A deep transfer learning approach for COVID-19 detection and exploring a sense of belonging with Diabetes.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Individual and mutual effects of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity on acute respiratory distress syndrome mortality rates in clinical patients: a multicentre study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo describe the effect of diabetes mellitus (DM) on clinical outcomes of patients admitted with COVID-19 infection.
methodsWe carried out a single center, observational, retrospective study. We included adult patients with laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 admitted to a tertiary hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from April 2020 to December 2020. Electronic medical records were reviewed for demographics, clinical status, hospital course, and outcome; and they were compared between the patients with or without DM.
resultsOut of 198 patients included in the study, 86 (43.4%) were diabetic and 112 (56.5%) were non-diabetic. Majority of the patients were males 139 (70.2%) with a mean age of 54.14±14.89 years. In-hospital mortality rate was higher in diabetic patients than in non-diabetic patients (40 vs. 32;
conclusionThe risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection is higher among diabetic patients; particularly, those with preexisting co-morbidities or geriatric patients. Diabetic patients are prone to a severe clinical course of COVID-19 and a significantly higher mortality rate.
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