A UK nationwide study of people with type 1 diabetes admitted to hospital with COVID-19 infection.
Yue RuanRobert E J RyderParijat DeBenjamin C T FieldParth NarendranAhmed IqbalRajiv GandhiSophie HarrisDinesh NagiUmaira AzizEfthimia KarraSandip GhoshWasim HanifAmy E EdwardsMansoor ZafarUmesh DashoraKinga A VárnaiJim DaviesSarah H WildEmma G WilmotDavid WebbKamlesh KhuntiRustam D Reanull nullPublished in: Diabetologia (2021)
In people with type 1 diabetes and COVID-19 who were admitted to hospital in the UK, higher BMI, poorer renal function and presence of microvascular complications were associated with greater risk of death and/or admission to AICU. Risk of severe COVID-19 is reassuringly very low in people with type 1 diabetes who are under 55 years of age without microvascular or macrovascular disease. IN PEOPLE WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES AND COVID-19 ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL IN THE UK, BMI AND ONE OR MORE MICROVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS HAD A POSITIVE ASSOCIATION AND LOW SERUM CREATINE LEVELS HAD A NEGATIVE ASSOCIATION WITH DEATH/ADMISSION TO INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AFTER ADJUSTING FOR AGE.