The Correlation between COVID-19 and Diabetes Mellitus

Initial studies found increased severity of coronavirus disease (COVID-19),in patients with diabetes mellitus.The relationship between COVID-19 and diabetes mellitus is complicated. On the other hand, diabetes mellitus is one of the mostessential risk factors for a severe course of COVID-19. In this study, the correlation between the prevalence of COVID-19 and Diabetes was analyzed by using data extracted from martyr Yousuf Hospital at Al-Muthanaa province.Investigation data was classified into threegroups including T1D(n= 641),T2D(n= 477) and Normal (non-diabetic cases n = 1745) male and female, in different age group. The results show a strong positive correlation coefficient of 0.8165 between infection with covid-19 and age in 641 patient with diabetes mellitus type I with P-Value < 0.00001 at p < 0.05 while the relationship between infection with covid-19 and gender is weak.

Keywords: COVID-19, diabetes, pandemic disease

Initial studies found increased severity of coronavirus disease (COVID-19),in patients with diabetes mellitus.The relationship between COVID-19 and diabetes mellitus is complicated. On the other hand, diabetes mellitus is one of the mostessential risk factors for a severe course of COVID-19. In this study, the correlation between the prevalence of COVID-19 and Diabetes was analyzed by using data extracted from martyr Yousuf Hospital at Al-Muthanaa province.Investigation data was classified into threegroups including T1D(n= 641),T2D(n= 477) and Normal (non-diabetic cases n = 1745) male and female, in different age group. The results show a strong positive correlation coefficient of 0.8165 between infection with covid-19 and age in 641 patient with diabetes mellitus type I with P-Value < 0.00001 at p < 0.05 while the relationship between infection with covid-19 and gender is weak.

Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID-19, diabetes, pandemic disease