Research Article

Risk Factors in Patients with Diabetes Hospitalized for COVID-19: Findings from a Multicenter Retrospective Study

Table 3

Clinical characteristics and laboratory findings of COVID-19 patients with and without diabetes in different age groups.

Patients with diabetes
Total
()
Elderly (≥60 yr)
()
Non-elderly (<60 yr)
()
value

Symptoms and signs
 Dry cough9 (19.57%)9 (29.03%)00.02
Laboratory findings
 Alanine aminotransferase, IU/L24.00 (17.50-17.50)28.00 (28.00-28.00)18.06 (13.75-26.50)0.033
 Alanine aminotransferase, IU/L23.00 (17.50-17.50)26.00 (26.00-26.00)18.00 (15.25-24.00)0.019
 Lactate dehydrogenase, IU/L183.50 (150.53-150.53)191.50 (191.50-191.50)164.00 (138.23-185.00)0.031
 Ca, mmol/L2.29 (2.12-2.12)2.34 (2.34-2.34)2.19 (2.07-2.30)0.035
 Mean hemoglobin, pg30.60 (29.20-29.20)30.75 (30.75-30.75)29.60 (28.60-31.30)0.051
Patients without diabetes
Total
()
Elderly (≥60 yr)
()
Non-elderly (<60 yr)
()
value
Clinical characteristics
 Nonsevere447 (90.85%)382 (93.86%)65 (76.47%)<0.0001
 Severe45 (9.15%)25 (6.14%)20 (23.53%)
Comorbidity
 Hypertension69 (14.02%)65 (15.97%)4 (4.71%)0.007
Symptoms and signs
 Fever197 (40.04%)151 (37.1%)46 (54.12%)0.004
 Cough251 (51.02%)196 (48.16%)55 (64.71%)0.006
 Stuffiness19 (3.86%)19 (4.67%)0 (0%)0.042
 Asthma58 (11.79%)40 (9.83%)18 (21.18%)0.003
Laboratory findings
 Albumin, g/L39.60 (35.35-43.90)39.77 (35.90-43.90)38.30 (34.25-43.97)0.049
 Ischemia modified albumin, U/ml75.67 (69.33-80.75)78.88 (69.99-81.83)68.48 (66.91-69.94)0.012
 Low-density lipoprotein, mmol/L2.41 (1.94-3.00)2.42 (1.94-2.96)2.14 (1.94-3.24)0.044
 Complement C1q, mg/L164.41 (138.90-166.53)164.41 (141.39-169.65)150.14 (134.51-.)0.03
α-L-fucosidase, U/L25.00 (21.00-29.80)25.00 (21.00-29.80)25.10 (21.25-29.50)0.01
 Ca, mmol/L2.23 (2.11-2.35)2.24 (2.13-2.35)2.14 (2.08-2.28)0.043
 Neutrophil percentage,%65.40 (56.73-73.98)65.30 (56.60-73.45)68.30 (61.20-81.70)0.014
 Monocyte percentage, %7.50 (5.90-9.40)7.55 (6.10-9.50)6.30 (4.70-8.80)0.005
 Hemoglobin, g/L134.00 (121.00-148.00)134.00 (121.00-148.00)134.00 (121.00-152.00)0.015
 D-dimer, ug/mL0.40 (0.24-0.80)0.41 (0.24-0.79)0.36 (0.21-1.25)0.033
 C-reactive protein, mg/L7.70 (2.26-25.98)7.30 (2.24-23.63)11.55 (4.26-61.92)0.045