February 23, 2021

Diabetes Is Most Important Cause for Mortality in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): clinical characteristics

In a systematic review and meta-analysis of 87 articles including over 35,000 patients and almost 6,000 deaths, diabetes mellitus was the best predictor of COVID-19-associated mortality rate after adjusting for confounders including age and gender, followed by chronic pulmonary obstructive disease and malignancies.

Corona et al. (Feb 22, 2021). Diabetes Is Most Important Cause for Mortality in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11154-021-09630-8