Author Interviews, COVID -19 Coronavirus, Diabetes / 10.04.2020
Diabetes Could Increase Severity of COVID-19, Including Risk of ICU Admission and Death
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Gian Paolo Fadini, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Endocrinology
Department of Medicine, University of Padova
Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: Since the very beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, it was suggested that It has been initially suggested that diabetes mellitus is one of the most common comorbidities in infected people, but its exact prevalence is unclear.
However, exact numbers were uncertain. We have addressed this issue in a study published as a letter in the Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. (more…)