Diabetes mellitus posterior a casos graves de COVID-19, en Lima, Perú

Abstract

There is a bidirectional relation between COVID-19 and diabetes mellitus (DM); the latter is associated with a greater risk of severe COVID-19, and newly appeared DM has been observed in patients with COVID-19. A single cohort study was conducted with an exploratory analysis to assess the frequency of DM in patients after having had COVID-19, in Lima, Peru. Patients over 18 years old were included, who presented severe cases of COVID-19 and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) within normal values at admission. New blood glucose tests were carried out during the recovery stage prior to discharge in total, there were 55 patients found with DM. A higher proportion of vaccinated patients, a lower average age and less severe cases may have contributed to a lower frequency of cases compared to other studies.