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. 2021 Dec 6;14:9445–9457. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S338800

Table 8.

The Effect of Age, Gender, Type of DM, Glucose Level and HBA1C in Diabetic Group on the Severity and Outcome of COVID-19 Disease

Risk Factors Severity Outcome
Mild-Moderate Severe Critical Length of Hospitalization ICU Admission Mechanical Ventilation Death
Age < 50 years 5 (10.6%) 15 (31.9%) 27 (57.5%) 9 (6–13) 17 (36.2%) 8 (17%) 6 (12.8%)
≥ 50 years 13 (8.7%) 28 (18.7%) 109 (72.6%) 11 (7–19) 67 (44.7%) 50 (33.3%) 24 (22.7%)
P value 0.121 0.1 0.3 0.032 0.14
Gender Males 12 (9.3%) 22 (17.1%) 95 (73.6%) 10 (7–17) 57 (44.2%) 38 (29.5%) 28 (21.7%)
Females 6 (8.8%) 21 (30.9%) 41 (60.3%) 9.5 (6–19) 27 (39.7%) 20 (29.4%) 12 (17.6%)
P value 0.08 0.99 0.55 0.99 0.5
Type of DM Type-I 1 (16.7%) 1 (16.7%) 4 (66.7%) 9.5 (8–11) 2 (33.3%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Type-II 17 (8.9%) 42 (22%) 132 (69.1%) 10 (7–18) 82 (42.9%) 58 (30.4%) 40 (20.9%)
P value 0.8 0.76 0.6
HbA1C Level < 7% 3 (9.4%) 10 (31.3%) 19 (59.4%) 9 (6–16) 11 (35.5%) 10 (32.2%) 8 (25.8%)
≥ 7% 15 (9.4%) 34 (21.3%) 111 (69.4%) 10 (7–18) 67 (43%) 42 (26.9%) 26 (16.7%)
P value 0.5 0.56 0.44 0.55 0.23
Glucose* level ≤ 180 9 (10.8%) 16 (19.3%) 58 (69.9%) 10 (6–17) 30 (40.5%) 21 (28.4%) 15 (20.3%)
> 180 11 (7.6%) 32 (22.2%) 101 (70.1%) 10 (7–19) 54 (45.8%) 37 (31.4%) 25 (21.2%)
P value 0.6 0.43 0.5 0.7 0.9

Notes: Significant P value is shown in bold. *Cutoff of 180 mg/dl was used since it is the upper cutoff of target glucose in diabetic patients during hospitalization.20,21

Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit; DM, diabetes mellitus; HBA1C, hemoglobin A1C.