https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/kcl-ded112320.php
News Release 23-Nov-2020
King's College London
People with diabetes and eye disease have a five-fold increased risk of requiring intubation when hospitalised with COVID-19.
The study, published today in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice by King's College London, identified for the first time the risk associated with diabetic retinopathy and COVID-19.
Diabetic eye disease is a common complication of diabetes and is caused by damage to the small blood vessels in the eye. In 2014, the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy was 54.6% in people with Type 1 diabetes and 30.0% in people with Type 2 diabetes*.
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