Table 1.
Association of demographic and clinical characteristics with mortality among diabetes patients with COVID-19 admitted to the tertiary care center, N = 200.
| Characteristics | Categories | Discharged n = 152 Frequency (%) |
Died n = 48 Frequency (%) |
RR (95% CI)a | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0–30 | 2 (100) | 0 | – | |
| 31–60 | 97 (79.5) | 25 (20.5) | 1 | 0.104 | |
| 61–90 | 53 (69.7) | 23 (30.3) | 1.5 (0.9–2.4) | ||
| Sex | Female | 60 (76.9) | 18 (23.1) | 1 | 0.807 |
| Male | 92 (75.4) | 30 (24.6) | 1.1 (0.6–1.7) | ||
| Fever | No | 62 (76.5) | 19 (23.5) | 1 | 0.882 |
| Yes | 90 (75.6) | 29 (24.4) | 1.0 (0.6–1.7) | ||
| Cough | No | 75 (72.1) | 29 (27.8) | 1 | 0.186 |
| Yes | 77 (80.2) | 19 (19.8) | 0.7 (0.4–1.1) | ||
| Breathlessness | No | 106 (91.4) | 10 (8.6) | 1 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 46 (54.8) | 38 (45.2) | 5.2 (2.7–9.9) | ||
| Loose stools | No | 148 (76.7) | 45 (23.3) | 1 | 0.181 |
| Yes | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) | 1.8 (0.7–4.4) | ||
| Chest pain | No | 144 (75.8) | 46 (24.2) | 1 | 0.767 |
| Yes | 8 (80) | 2 (20) | 0.8 (0.2–2.9) | ||
| Headache | No | 133 (74.7) | 45 (25.3) | 1 | 0.263 |
| Yes | 19 (86.4) | 3 (13.6) | 0.6 (0.2–1.5) | ||
| Myalgia | No | 109 (74.2) | 38 (25.8) | 1 | 0.321 |
| Yes | 43 (81.2) | 10 (18.8) | 0.7 (0.4–1.3) | ||
| Sore throat | No | 146 (75.2) | 48 (24.7) | – | – |
| Yes | 6 (100) | 0 |
The bold values are indicates that the p-values are statistically significant.
a
RR-relative risk.