High blood sugar could increase COVID-19 death risk for non-diabetics, says study

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/tfg-hbs112320.php

 

News Release 23-Nov-2020
Taylor & Francis Group

 

Abnormally high blood sugar may worsen outcomes and mortality rates for COVID-19 patients, including those without diabetes, according to major research published in the peer-reviewed open access journal Annals of Medicine.

The study, based on more than 11,000 non-critically ill hospital patients in Spain, is the largest of its kind to date. It adds to evidence that hyperglycaemia - the medical term for high blood glucose - is associated with a higher chance of death independent of a diabetes diagnosis.


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