1. Prevalence and short-term clinical impacts of new-onset diabetes mellitus among patients with COVID-19 in jazan region, Saudi Arabia
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Amal H. Mohamed, Majid Darraj, Abuobaida Yassin, Mohammed Somaili, Ahmed Sayed, Omar Oraibi, Mostafa Mohrag, Mohammed Ali Madkhali, Sameer Alqassimi, and Mohammed A. Madkhali
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New-onset DM ,COVID-19 ,Jazan region ,Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology ,RC648-665 - Abstract
Abstract Background Diabetes Mellitus is a major predictor for severity and mortality that is increased by 50% in COVID-19 infection. The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of new-onset DM among patients with COVID-19 and examined the short clinical outcomes of the disease. Method This is a retrospective study of revising electronic medical records to assess the prevalence of new-onset DM in COVID-19 patients and its impact on the severity of the disease. Adult patients with confirmed COVID-19 during the period from June 2020 to December 2021 were enrolled. Results 725 patients were included. 53.8% of them were males and 46.2 were females, the mean age was 43.35 ± 16.76. 13.2% were diabetics; 2.2% with preexisting DM and 11.0% had new-onset DM. 6.34% had coexisting medical conditions. DKA at presentation was observed in 6 patients (0.8%) of newly diagnosed DM. There is a significant correlation between age and family history (FH), and BMI and new-onset DM (P
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- 2024
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