Adverse outcomes in COVID-19 and diabetes : a retrospective cohort study from three London teaching hospitals

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INTRODUCTION: Patients with diabetes mellitus admitted to hospital with COVID-19 have poorer outcomes. However, the drivers of poorer outcomes are not fully elucidated. We performed detailed characterization of patients with COVID-19 to determine the clinical and biochemical factors that may be drivers of poorer outcomes.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: This is a retrospective cohort study of 889 consecutive inpatients diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 9 and April 22, 2020 in a large London National Health Service Trust. Unbiased multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to determine variables that were independently and significantly associated with increased risk of death and/or intensive care unit (ICU) admission within 30 days of COVID-19 diagnosis.

RESULTS: 62% of patients in our cohort were of non-white ethnic background and the prevalence of diabetes was 38%. 323 (36%) patients met the primary outcome of death/admission to the ICU within 30 days of COVID-19 diagnosis. Male gender, lower platelet count, advancing age and higher Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) score (but not diabetes) independently predicted poor outcomes on multivariate analysis. Antiplatelet medication was associated with a lower risk of death/ICU admission. Factors that were significantly and independently associated with poorer outcomes in patients with diabetes were coexisting ischemic heart disease, increasing age and lower platelet count.

CONCLUSIONS: In this large study of a diverse patient population, comorbidity (ie, diabetes with ischemic heart disease; increasing CFS score in older patients) was a major determinant of poor outcomes with COVID-19. Antiplatelet medication should be evaluated in randomized clinical trials among high-risk patient groups.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

BMJ open diabetes research & care - 9(2021), 1 vom: 06. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Izzi-Engbeaya, Chioma [VerfasserIn]
Distaso, Walter [VerfasserIn]
Amin, Anjali [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Idowu, Oluwagbemiga [VerfasserIn]
Kenkre, Julia S [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Ronak J [VerfasserIn]
Woin, Evelina [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Alavi, Nael [VerfasserIn]
Bedri, Hala [VerfasserIn]
Brady, Niamh [VerfasserIn]
Blackburn, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Leczycka, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Sanya [VerfasserIn]
Sokol, Elizaveta [VerfasserIn]
Toke-Bjolgerud, Edward [VerfasserIn]
Qayum, Ambreen [VerfasserIn]
Abdel-Malek, Mariana [VerfasserIn]
Hope, David C D [VerfasserIn]
Oliver, Nick S [VerfasserIn]
Bravis, Vasiliki [VerfasserIn]
Misra, Shivani [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Tricia M [VerfasserIn]
Hill, Neil E [VerfasserIn]
Salem, Victoria [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Infections
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Viruses

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Date Completed 15.01.2021

Date Revised 10.11.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001858

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319718417