Type 2 Diabetes and COVID-19-Related Mortality in the Critical Care Setting: A National Cohort Study in England, March-July 2020.

John M DennisBilal Akhter Mateen Raphael SonabendNicholas J ThomasKashyap A PatelAndrew T Hattersley Kashyap Amratlal Patel Andrew P McGovernSebastian J Vollmer

Published in: Diabetes care (2020)

Type 2 diabetes may be an independent prognostic factor for survival in people with severe COVID-19 requiring critical care treatment, and in this setting the risk increase associated with type 2 diabetes is greatest in younger people.

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