COVID-19, Diabetes, and Associated Health Outcomes in China: Results from a Nationwide Survey of 10 545 Adults
This study examined the associations between diabetes and
self-reported/familial COVID-19 infection and investigated
health-related outcomes among those with diabetes during China’s
nationwide quarantine. The 2020 China COVID-19 Survey was administered
anonymously via social media (WeChat). It was completed by 10 545 adults in all
of mainland China’s 31 provinces. The survey consisted of 74 items
covering sociodemographic characteristics, preventive measures for COVID-19,
lifestyle behaviors, and health-related outcomes during the period of
quarantine. Regression models examined associations among study variables.
Diabetes was associated with a six-fold increased risk of reporting COVID-19
infection among respondents or their family members. Among people with diabetes,
individuals who rarely wore masks had double the risk of suspected COVID-19
infection compared with those who always wore masks, with an inverse J-shaped
relationship between face mask wearing and suspected COVID-19 infection. People
with diabetes tended to have both poor knowledge of COVID-19 and poor compliance
with preventive measures, despite perceiving a high risk of personal infection
(40.0% among respondents reporting diabetes and 8.0% without
diabetes). Only 54–55% of these respondents claimed to
consistently practice pr...
Source: Hormone and Metabolic Research - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Shi, Zumin Yan, Alice Zimmet, Paul Sun, Xiaoming Cristina do Vale Moreira, Nayla Cheskin, Lawrence J. Wang, Liming Qu, Weidong Yan, Hong Hussain, Akhtar Wang, Youfa Tags: Endocrine Care Source Type: research