Introduction: COVID-19 disease had wavering clinical presentation. Diabetes appears to increase severity of COVID-19 disease. The present study was conducted to describe demographic characteristics and clinical presentation of COVID-19 in patients with diabetes and in non-diabetic patients.
Material and Methods: This was a cross-sectional analytical study of medical records of admitted patients. Medical records of 750 patients was chosen by systematic random sampling. Each record included demographic and clinical details of patients. Statistical analysis: Data was entered on Microsoft Excel 2013, and analyzed using STATA version 17. 0. Chi-square test was used to study the association.
Results: Mean age (years) and standard deviation (S.D.) of diabetic and non-diabetic patients was 55.7±13.3 and 39.8±16.5. There was significant difference in clinical presentations of patients. Hypertension was the commonest comorbidity in patients. Severity of disease and mortality were significantly associated with presence of diabetes.
Conclusion: Diabetes was an important predictor for serious clinical presentation of COVID-19 disease.
Key words: COVID-19, comorbidity, diabetes, mortality, severity
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