The association between plasma glucose and mortality of COVID-19 in patients without diabetes

A novel pneumonia of unknown cause was detected in Wuhan, China, which was later named as Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization (WHO), and the virus that caused this epidemic was named as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) [1].The outbreak of COVID-19 swept across China has aroused global concerns. As of May 5, 2020, more than 3.6 million COVID-19 cases have been confirmed around the world. According to different retrospective studies, among the patients with COVID-19, the case-fatality rate has huge variation [2,3].

Source: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice - September 14, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Yun Huang, Heming Guo, Yan Zhou, Jingjing Guo, Tiantian Wang, Xuming Zhao, Hui Li, Yihui Sun, Xuna Bian, Chen Fang Source Type: research