Diabetes and COVID-19Related Mortality in Women and Men in the UK Biobank: Comparisons With Influenza/Pneumonia and Coronary Heart Disease, Diabetes Care

Prospective cohort study found that diabetes was associated with a greater risk of fatal COVID19, influenza/pneumonia, and CHD in both sexes. However, unlike for CHD, there were no sex differences in the association between diabetes and death from COVID-19 or influenza/pneumonia.
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