Thread by @parthaskar

Detailed analysis of mortality related to #Diabetes & #COVID19 now online @NHSEngland @PHE_uk
(Pre-publication)

Link:
england.nhs.uk/publication/ty…

Paper 1: Hospital deaths as recorded 1st March 2020 – 11th May 2020

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Paper 2:
All #Diabetes deaths registered in population Jan 2017 to May 2020

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Salient points:

1. People living with diabetes face a significantly higher risk of dying with COVID-19 with #T1D having higher risk than #T2D

2. The strongest risk factor for dying with the virus is age, and people with #T1D are on average younger than people with #T2D

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3. To help assure parents with young children? The absolute risk of death remains very low under the age of 40- with no recorded death (in data set analysed) below the age of 20

4. Higher blood glucose levels and obesity are linked to higher risk

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5. Too tight control or low BMI associated with increased risk

6. The overall death rate for people with diabetes doubled during the early stage of the pandemic.

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7. In both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, men, people of black or Asian ethnicity, and people living in more deprived communities, were at higher risk

8. In both #T1D and #T2D, those with pre-existing kidney disease, heart failure and previous stroke, were also at higher risk

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