Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Population-Based Study in Korea

Background The aim of this study was to evaluate clinical outcomes in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive patients with type 2 diabetes compared to those without diabetes in Korea. Methods We extracted claims data for patients diagnosed with COVID-19 from the National Health Insurance Service database in Korea from January 20, 2020 to March 31, 2020. We followed up this cohort until death from COVID-19 or discharge from hospital. Results A total of 5,473 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 were analyzed, including 495 with type 2 diabetes and 4,978 without diabetes. Patients with type 2 diabetes were more likely to be treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) (P<0.0001). The incidence of in-hospital mortality was higher in patients with type 2 diabetes (P<0.0001). After adjustment for age, sex, insurance status, and comorbidities, odds of ICU admission (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 1.59; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.02 to 2.49; P=0.0416) and in-hospital mortality (adjusted OR, 1.90; 95% CI, 1.13 to 3.21; P=0.0161) among patients with COVID-19 infection were significantly higher in those with type 2 diabetes. However, there was no significant difference between patients with and without type 2 diabetes in ventilator, oxygen therapy, antibiotics, antiviral drugs, antipyretics, and the incidence of pneumonia after adjustment. Conclusion COVID-19 positive patients with type 2 diabetes had poorer clinical outcomes with higher risk of ICU admission and in-hospital mortality than those without diabetes. Therefore, medical providers need to consider this more serious clinical course when planning and delivering care to type 2 diabetes patients with COVID-19 infection..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Endocrinology and Metabolism - 35(2020), 4, Seite 901-908

Sprache:

Englisch ; Koreanisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ji Hong You [VerfasserIn]
Sang Ah Lee [VerfasserIn]
Sung-Youn Chun [VerfasserIn]
Sun Ok Song [VerfasserIn]
Byung-Wan Lee [VerfasserIn]
Dae Jung Kim [VerfasserIn]
Edward J. Boyko [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Covid-19
Diabetes mellitus
Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
Epidemiology
Incidence
Mortality
Type 2

doi:

10.3803/EnM.2020.787

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DOAJ048425591