Mortality-related risk factors of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 42 studies and 423,117 patients

ZG Dessie, T Zewotir - BMC infectious diseases, 2021 - Springer
Background Mortality rates of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) continue to rise across
the world. The impact of several risk factors on coronavirus mortality has been previously …

[HTML][HTML] Metformin: Is it a drug for all reasons and diseases?

CR Triggle, I Mohammed, K Bshesh, I Marei, K Ye… - Metabolism, 2022 - Elsevier
Metformin was first used to treat type 2 diabetes in the late 1950s and in 2022 remains the
first-choice drug used daily by approximately 150 million people. An accumulation of …

Acute and long-term disruption of glycometabolic control after SARS-CoV-2 infection

L Montefusco, M Ben Nasr, F D'Addio, C Loretelli… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are reported to have a greater
prevalence of hyperglycaemia. Cytokine release as a consequence of severe acute …

COVID-19 in people with diabetes: understanding the reasons for worse outcomes

M Apicella, MC Campopiano, M Mantuano… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Since the initial COVID-19 outbreak in China, much attention has focused on people with
diabetes because of poor prognosis in those with the infection. Initial reports were mainly on …

Obesity and diabetes as high‐risk factors for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid‐19)

Y Zhou, J Chi, W Lv, Y Wang - Diabetes/metabolism research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid‐19) has become an evolving
worldwide health crisis. With the rising prevalence of obesity and diabetes has come an …

Is diabetes mellitus associated with mortality and severity of COVID-19? A meta-analysis

A Kumar, A Arora, P Sharma, SA Anikhindi… - Diabetes & Metabolic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Many studies on COVID-19 have reported diabetes to be associated with
severe disease and mortality, however, the data is conflicting. The objectives of this meta …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 and diabetes: Knowledge in progress

A Hussain, B Bhowmik, NC do Vale Moreira - Diabetes research and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Aims We aimed to briefly review the general characteristics of the novel coronavirus (SARS-
CoV-2) and provide a better understanding of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in people …

Unraveling the mystery surrounding post-acute sequelae of COVID-19

RK Ramakrishnan, T Kashour, Q Hamid… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
More than one year since its emergence, corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is still
looming large with a paucity of treatment options. To add to this burden, a sizeable subset of …

Hypertension, thrombosis, kidney failure, and diabetes: is COVID-19 an endothelial disease? A comprehensive evaluation of clinical and basic evidence

C Sardu, J Gambardella, MB Morelli, X Wang… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The symptoms most commonly reported by patients affected by coronavirus disease (COVID-
19) include cough, fever, and shortness of breath. However, other major events usually …

Risk factors for severe COVID-19 in children

K Graff, C Smith, L Silveira, S Jung… - The Pediatric …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: There are limited pediatric data regarding severe COVID-19 disease. Our study
aims to describe the epidemiology and identify risk factors for severe COVID-19 disease in …