Stuart J McGurnaghan, Amanda Weir, Jen Bishop, Sharon Kennedy, Luke A K Blackbourn, David A McAllister, Sharon Hutchinson, Thomas M Caparrotta, Joseph Mellor, Anita Jeyam, Joseph E O'Reilly, Sarah H Wild, Sara Hatam, Andreas Höhn, Marco Colombo, Chris Robertson, Nazir Lone, Janet Murray, Elaine Butterly, John Petrie, Brian Kennon, Rory McCrimmon, Robert Lindsay, Ewan Pearson, Naveed Sattar, John McKnight, Sam Philip, Andrew Collier, Jim McMenamin, Alison Smith-Palmer, David Goldberg, Paul M McKeigue, Helen M Colhoun
BACKGROUND: We aimed to ascertain the cumulative risk of fatal or critical care unit-treated COVID-19 in people with diabetes and compare it with that of people without diabetes, and to investigate risk factors for and build a cross-validated predictive model of fatal or critical care unit-treated COVID-19 among people with diabetes. METHODS: In this cohort study, we captured the data encompassing the first wave of the pandemic in Scotland, from March 1, 2020, when the first case was identified, to July 31, 2020, when infection rates had dropped sufficiently that shielding measures were officially terminated...
December 23, 2020: Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology