Research Article
New Onset of Diabetes Mellitus and Associated Factors among COVID-19 Patients in COVID-19 Care Centers, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2022
Table 1
Sociodemographic information about the study participants at COVID-19 care center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 2022 (
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| | Parameter | Category | DM | Total | | New-onset (%) | Not new-onset (%) |
| | Sex | Male | 63 (41.2%) | 90 (58.8%) | 153 (62.7%) | | Female | 13 (31.7%) | 78 (85.7%) | 91 (37.3%) | | Age | <65 | 52 (68.5%%) | 146 (87.1%) | 198 (81.1%) | | ≥65 | 24 (31.5%) | 22 (13.1%) | 46 (18.8%) | | Residence | Addis Ababa | 63 (35.2%) | 116 (64.8%) | 179 (73.4%) | | Regional | 13 (20.0%) | 52 (80.8%) | 65 (26.6%) | | Family history of DM | Yes | 41 (36.7%) | 72 (63.7%) | 113 (46.3%) | | No | 20 (26.7%) | 55 (73.3%) | 75 (30.7%) | | Unknown | 15 (26.8%) | 41 (73.2%) | 56 (23%) | | History of hypertension | Yes | 47 (35.1%) | 88 (65.6%) | 134 (54.9%) | | No | 29 (26.4%) | 81 (73.4%) | 110 (45.1%) | | Severity of illness | Mild | 3 (25%) | 9 (75%) | 12 (4.9%) | | Moderate | 26 (24.3%) | 81 (75.7) | 107 (43.8%) | | Severe | 32 (25.6%) | 93 (75%) | 125 (51.2%) | | Types of DM | Type one DM | 9 (11.8%) | 31 (77.5%) | 40 (16.4%) | | Type two DM | 67 (88.2%) | 137 (67.2%) | 204 (83.6%) |
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Key: DM: diabetes mellitus.
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