Diabetes as a factor associated with hospital deaths due to COVID-19 in Brazil, 2020.
Thiago Santos GarcesGeorge Jó Bezerra SousaVirna Ribeiro Feitosa CestariRaquel Sampaio FlorêncioLara Lídia Ventura DamascenoMaria Lúcia Duarte PereiraThereza Maria Magalhães MoreiraPublished in: Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil (2022)
3 out of every 20 deaths due to COVID-19 occurred among individuals with diabetes mellitus, highlighting this population susceptibility and the need to control this chronic disease.