Table 3.

Correlation between presence of newly diagnosed DM and different clinical and laboratory parameters (n = 570).

Variables	R	p
Age (years)	0.354	<0.001 *
BMI	0.312	<0.001 **
Severe COVID-19	0.297	<0.001 **
Lymphocytes (×103/mm3)	−0.236	<0.001 *
Absolute lymphopenia (<1 × 103/mm3)	0.260	<0.001 *
CRP (mg/L)	0.186	<0.001 **
Serum ferritin (ng/mL)	0.222	<0.001 **
LDH	0.191	<0.001**
D-dimer (μg/mL)	0.202	<0.001 **
Positive chest CT findings	0.297	<0.001 **

r: correlation coefficient; BMI: body mass index; CRP: C-reactive protein; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; IU: international unit; CT: computerized tomography. *: Pearson’s correlation; **: Spearman’s correlation.