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. 2021 Sep 9;11:17968. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96720-x

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with COVID-19 in hospitalization and critical care.

No hospitalization Hospitalization P value Critical care P value
Number of patients, n (%) n = 27,018 n = 1075 n = 336
Age, mean (SD), years 50.2 (17.3) 65.5 (15.2) < 0.001 65.5 (13.6) 0.9423
Sex (male/female) 11,238/15,780 564/511 < 0.001 206/130 0.004
T2D, n (%) 4094 (15) 351 (33) < 0.001 123 (37) 0.18
HbA1c < 7%, n (%) 2569 (9) 43 (4) 0.309 17 (5) 0.656
HbA1c ≥ 7%, n (%) 852 (3) 34 (3) 0.309 11 (3) 0.656
Alpha-glucosidase inhibitor, n (%) 2 (0) 0 (0) 0.778 0 (0) 1
DPP4 inhibitor, n (%) 4 (0) 0 (0) 0.69 0 (0) 1
Incretin mimetic, n (%) 495 (2) 16 (1) 0.408 9 (3) 0.149
Insulin, n (%) 13 (0) 0 (0) 0.472 0 (0) 1
Meglitinide, n (%) 4 (2) 0 (0) 0.69 0 (0) 1
Metformin, n (%) 644 (2) 19 (2) 0.133 5 (1) 0.814
SGLT2 inhibitor, n (%) 379 (1) 10 (1) 0.194 4 (1) 0.674
Sulfonylurea, n (%) 392 (1) 13 (1) 0.508 4 (1) 0.978
Thiazolidinedione, n (%) 89 (0) 3 (0) 0.777 1 (0) 0.955
Fatty liver, n (%) 421 (2) 8 (1) 0.033 1 (0) 0.369
BMI mean (SD), kg/m2 33.4 (8.7) 35.5 (10.4) < 0.001 36.4 (10.3) < 0.001
BMI < 30 kg/m2, n (%) 6810 (25) 149 (14) < 0.001 32 (10) < 0.001
BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2, n (%) 10,938 (40) 356 (33) < 0.001 108 (32) < 0.001

Hospitalization (n = 1075) included critical care patients (n = 336). P value compared with the not-hospitalized group.