Clinical Focus ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 389-399.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-583X.2022.05.001

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Analysis on impacts of diabetes on the severity and mortality of patients with COVID-19: A Meta-analysis

Lin Xinxin1, Zhang Chuhan1, Kong Haolin1, He Muchen1, Xu Lin2, Yang Zhonghan1()   

  1. 1. School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China
    2. School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • Received:2021-03-08 Online:2022-05-20 Published:2022-06-22
  • Contact: Yang Zhonghan E-mail:yangzhh@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Objective Diabetes mellitus (DM) is chronic conditions with devastating multi-systemic complications and may be associated with sensitivity and severe form of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Abundant studies prove that patients with DM are more vulnerable to be infected with COVID-19 and develop severe cases during the prevalence and spread of novel coronavirus pneumonia. The present study intends to conduct meta-analysis to acertain the correlation between DM and severity as well as mortality in patients with COVID-19.Methods The key words(1)“COVID-19” OR “SARS-CoV-2” OR “Coronavirus” OR “novel coronavirus” AND “clinical characteristics” (2)“COVID-19” OR “SARS-CoV-2” AND “Diabetes” were used to search the data available on PubMed, Embase and CNKI, periodicals and articles in English and Chinese published before Feb, 2021 were screened. RevMan 5.4 software was applied after data extraction to perform Meta-analysis, and the Stata 12.0 software was used to assess the publication bias. Results A total of 82 studies which included 35 715 patients were included. Meta-analysis showed that DM was associated with composite poor outcome(OR 2.29 [2.14, 2.46], P< 0.01; I2: 52%, P<0.01). The risk of severity (OR 2.40 [2.20, 2.62], P< 0.01; I2: 49%, P<0.01) and mortality(OR 2.08[1.70, 2.56], P< 0.01; I2: 60%, P<0.01) of DM patients with COVID-19 were elevated than those of patients without DM. Conclusion DM serves as a critical factor to impact the rate of severe cases of COVID-19 and mortality in patients with COVID-19. The mechanism of how DM impacting the prognosis of COVID-19 is required to be further clarified.

Key words: diabetes mellitus, COVID-19, Meta-analysis

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