Diabetes increases the mortality of patients with COVID-19: a meta-analysis

• Published in: Acta diabetologica Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 139 - 144
• Main Authors: Wu, Zeng-hong, Tang, Yun, Cheng, Qing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Milan Springer Milan 01.02.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Blood Glucose - physiology; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Cerebrovascular diseases; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - mortality; COVID-19 - pathology; Diabetes; Diabetes Complications - mortality; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus - mortality; Humans; Hypertension - epidemiology; Hypertension - mortality; Internal Medicine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Meta-analysis; Metabolic Diseases; Mortality; Pandemics; Reproducibility of Results; Review; Review Article; Risk Factors; SARS-CoV-2 - physiology; Sensitivity analysis; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Severity of Illness Index; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Diabetes; Meta-analysis

Aims Nowadays, the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation. Complications such as hypertension, diabetes, COPD, cardiovascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease are major risk factors for patients...