Risk of mortality among inpatients with COVID-19 and type 2 diabetes: National data from Kuwait.

Ebaa Al-OzairiRosemary BrownYasmine HamdanLulwa AlabdullahNia VoaseJumana Al KandariDalal AlsaeedAbdulla Al OzairiAmal HasanFahd Al-MullaSrinivasa Vittal KatikireddiStuart Robert GrayJason M R GillCarlos A Celis-MoralesNaveed Sattar Paul I Welsh

Published in: Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism (2021)

Type 2 diabetes is a strong risk factor for COVID-19 death in the Middle East. Given the high prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the Middle East, as well as many Western countries, the public health implications are considerable.

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