Markers of coagulation dysfunction and inflammation in diabetic and non-diabetic COVID-19.

Coagulation dysfunction and inflammatory status were compared between diabetic and non-diabetic COVID-19 patients. The standardized mean difference (SMD) and its 95% confidence interval (CI) was computed for the difference of inflammatory and hypercoagulability markers. The levels of serum ferritin (standardized mean difference-SMD: 0.47, CI 0.17-0.77, p = 0.002), C-reactive protein (SMD = 0.53, CI 0.20-0.86, p = 0.002), interleukin-6 (SMD = 0.31, CI 0.09-0.52, p = 0.005), fibrinogen (SMD = 0.31, CI 0.09-0.54, p = 0.007) and D-dimers (SMD = 0.54, CI 0.16-0.91, p = 0.005) were significantly higher in diabetic COVID-19 cases as compared to non-diabetic COVID-19 patients, suggesting more susceptibility of diabetic COVID-19 patients to coagulation dysfunction and inflammatory storm.