Impact of newly diagnosed diabetes on coronavirus disease 2019 severity and hyperglycemia.
Masaki UchiharaRyotaro BouchiNoriko KodaniSho SaitoYusuke MiyazatoKotaro UmamotoHirofumi SugimotoMichi KobayashiSayaka HikidaYutaro AkiyamaNoriko Ihana-SugiyamaMitsuru OhsugiAkiyo TanabeKohjiro UekiJin TakasakiMasayuki HojoHiroshi KajioPublished in: Journal of diabetes investigation (2022)
Our study suggests that the proportion of COVID-19 patients who are newly diagnosed with diabetes is high, and they have an increased risk of developing severe disease than those with pre-existing diabetes. It might be advisable that at the point of COVID-19 diagnosis, blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin levels be assessed in all patients.