Study links abnormally high blood sugar with higher risk of death in COVID-19 patients not previously diagnosed with diabetes

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/d-sla071020.php


News Release 10-Jul-2020
Diabetologia


New research from Wuhan, China shows that, in patients with COVID-19 but without a previous diagnosis of diabetes, abnormally high blood sugar is associated with more than double the risk of death and also an increased risk of severe complications.

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Previous studies have established that hyperglycaemia (abnormally high blood sugar) is associated with an elevated risk of mortality in community-acquired pneumonia, stroke, heart attacks, trauma and surgery, among other conditions. A number of studies have also shown links between diabetes and poor outcomes in COVID-19 patients.

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