1 in 5 hospitalised Covid-19 patients with diabetes die in 28 days: Study
February 19, 2021
× Findings of a new study suggest that one in five Covid-19 patients with diabetes as a co-morbidity likely dies after getting infected.
The French CORONADO study, published in the government journal Clinical Trials, had begun during the first wave of the pandemic in early 2020.
The study’s preliminary investigation had found that 10.6 per cent of patients with type 2 diabetes and Covid-19 and 5.6 per cent of those with type 1 diabetes and Covid-19 died within a week after hospitalisation.
The researchers carried out further investigation, which was published in the journal Diabetologia, by involving 2796 Covid-19 patients with diabetes who were hospitalised at 68 institutions across France between March 10 and April 10, 2020, and followed for 28 days.
1 in 5 Diabetes Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Die in 28 Days
Liam Davenport
February 18, 2021
Although half of patients with diabetes hospitalized with COVID-19 will be discharged from hospital within a month of admission, a fifth will have died, suggest the latest results from the French CORONADO study.
The investigation, initiated during the first wave of the pandemic, has already accumulated a large amount of data, with early findings published in May 2020 suggesting 10.6% of patients with type 2 diabetes and COVID-19 and 5.6% of those with type 1 diabetes and COVID-19 died within 7 days of hospital admission.
The current outcomes at 28 days were presented at a press conference held by the Francophone Foundation for Diabetes Research (FFRD) on February 3, and were just published in
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