Critically ill patients with diabetes and Middle East respiratory syndrome: a multi-center observational study
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Jesna Jose, Hasan M. Al-Dorzi, Awad Al-Omari, Yasser Mandourah, Fahad Al-Hameed, Musharaf Sadat, Eman Al Qasim, Basem Alraddadi, Abdulrahman Al Harthy, Ghaleb A. Al Mekhlafi, Abdullah Almotairi, Kasim Al Khatib, Ahmed Abdulmomen, Ismael Qushmaq, Anees A. Sindi, Ahmed Mady, Othman Solaiman, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Khalid Maghrabi, Ahmed Ragab, Ayman Kharaba, Sarah Shalhoub, Abdulsalam M. Al-Aithan, Gajendra K. Vishwakarma, Atanu Bhattacharjee, Yaseen M. Arabi, The Saudi Critical Care Trials Group
Diabetes is a risk factor for infection with coronaviruses. This study describes the demographic, clinical data, and outcomes of critically ill patients with diabetes and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
Methods
This retrospective cohort study was conducted at 14 hospitals in Saudi Arabia (September 2012–January 2018). We compared the demographic characteristics, underlying medical conditions, presenting symptoms and signs, management and clinical course, and outcomes of critically ill patients with MERS who had diabetes compared to those with no diabetes. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to determine if diabetes was an independent predictor of 90-day mortality.
Results
Of the 350 critically ill patients with MERS, 171 (48.9%) had diabetes. Patients with diabetes were more likely to be older, and have comorbid conditions, compared to patients with no diabetes. They were more likely to present with respiratory failure requiring intubation, vasopressors, and corticosteroids. The median time to clearance of MERS-CoV RNA was similar (23 days (Q1, Q3: 17, 36) in patients with diabetes and 21.0 days (Q1, Q3: 10, 33) in patients with no diabetes). Mortality at 90 days was higher in patients with diabetes (78.9% versus 54.7%, p < 0.0001). Multivariable regression analysis showed that diabetes was an independent risk factor for 90-day mortality (odds ratio, 2.09; 95% confidence interval, 1.18–3.72).
Conclusions
Half of the critically ill patients with MERS have diabetes; which is associated with more severe disease. Diabetes is an independent predictor of mortality among critically patients with MERS.
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Background
The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a novel zoonotic virus that can lead to severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and life-threatening multi-organ dysfunction. It was first isolated from a fatal case of pneumonia in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 2012 [1, 2]. Since then, community-acquired cases and clusters in healthcare settings have been reported mainly in Saudi Arabia [3, 4], but also other countries [5]. By the end of March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 2553 confirmed cases in 27 countries (84.3% of cases in Saudi Arabia) with a case fatality rate of 34.4% [6]. MERS clinical presentation ranges from asymptomatic infection to rapidly progressive severe respiratory failure with multi-organ failure [7, 8]. Symptoms usually manifest after an incubation period of 2–14 days, with fever, cough, and dyspnea [7‐9]. Admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) is frequently needed [7, 8].
Most severe MERS cases have been reported in older adults with chronic comorbidities, including diabetes mellitus [2, 7, 9‐12]. One cohort study found that among 47 MERS patients, 68% had diabetes [7]. A case-control study demonstrated that diabetes was associated with an increased risk of MERS with an adjusted odds ratio [OR] of 6.99 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.89–25.86) [11]. Diabetes has also been associated with increased mortality in MERS patients [9, 13]. In animal studies, diabetes was associated with a dysregulated immune response resulting in more severe and prolonged lung pathology following MERS-CoV infection [14].
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Previous studies that evaluated diabetes in MERS had relatively small sample sizes, were mostly performed in single centers, and included a mix of critically and non-critically ill patients. We performed this study in a large cohort of critically ill patients with MERS, with the hypothesis that patients with diabetes and viral SARI would have a complicated course of illness and worse outcomes compared with patients with no diabetes. The objectives of this study are to describe the clinical presentation, management, and outcomes (including mortality and MERS-CoV RNA shedding) of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in critically ill patients with diabetes.
Methods
We followed the STROBE (STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology) guidelines in reporting this study.
Patients and settings
This is a retrospective cohort study of adult (≥ 14-year-old) patients with SARI due to MERS-CoV who were admitted to the ICUs of 14 referral hospitals in Saudi Arabia between September 2012 and January 2018. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of all participating centers. The characterization of this cohort has already been published earlier [15]. SARI was defined as an acute respiratory infection, with fever and cough onset within the preceding 10 days and clinical or radiologic lung involvement. The presence of MERS-CoV was detected by real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assay (rRT-PCR) performed on nasopharyngeal swabs or sputum samples in non-intubated patients and tracheal aspirates or bronchoalveolar lavage in intubated patients as recommended by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health. Confirmatory laboratory testing required a positive PCR on at least two specific genomic targets (upE and ORF1a) or a single positive target (upE) with sequencing of a second target (RdRpSeq or NSeq). In patients with suspected MERS and negative rRT-PCR, testing was repeated at the discretion of the treating teams. For infection control purposes, follow-up respiratory samples were collected approximately 1–2 times per week in MERS-CoV positive patients [16] to assess clearance of MERS-CoV RNA [15].
Data collection
Data were collected using the standardized International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) tool [17]. In this study, we included patients demographics, baseline characteristics, presenting symptoms, physiologic and laboratory parameters, and severity of illness on ICU admission assessed by the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score [18]. We also described the management in the ICU, including the use of invasive and noninvasive ventilation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), prone positioning, and selected medications.
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The primary outcome was 90-day mortality. Other studied outcomes were mortality at 14 and 28 days and on ICU and hospital discharge and ICU and hospital length of stay (LOS). For patients who survived hospital discharge, the 90-day outcome was assessed by calling the patients. We also assessed the time to clearance of MERS-CoV RNA, which was defined as the time from the first performed rRT-PCR until the test was negative on two occasions, without a positive test afterward [15].
Statistical analysis
In this study, patients were divided into two groups based on the history of preexisting diabetes mellitus, as reported by patients. We compared patients with diabetes to patients with no diabetes using the Student t-test or the Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables based on normality assumption, and the chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables.
To examine the independent association of diabetes with 90-day mortality in MERS patients, we performed multivariable logistic regression analysis adjusting for certain variables selected based on their clinical relevance, excluding the ones which were in the exposure–causal pathway. The variables entered in the model were age, sex, asthma or chronic pulmonary disease, chronic neurological disease, immunosuppressant use before admission, body mass index (BMI), and SOFA score.
For the multivariable logistic regression analysis, 24% (84/350) of patients had missing data (BMI – 81/350, 23%, age – 2/350, 0.5%, and SOFA score – 3/350, 0.8%). Hence missing data were handled using the multiple imputation technique with 50 imputations. Two imputation methods were considered to support the imputation technique: (I) “Predictive mean matching” and (II) “Impute then Transform” approach. The data set had an arbitrary missing data pattern and it was assumed that the missing data were missing at random, such that the probability of a missing observation may depend on observed values but not on unobserved values. Predictive mean matching was used to impute missing values for these variables. For the imputation of BMI, we used the “impute then transform” approach instead of imputing BMI directly, such that we imputed the height and weight assuming the imputation model was oblivious of the relation between these two variables [19]. We reported the results of multivariable regression analysis without imputation (Model I: Complete case analysis) and with imputation (Model II: Multiple imputation).
Kaplan-Meier curves for the time to MERS-CoV RNA clearance were constructed censoring by hospital discharge or at 90 days whichever occurred first. The log-rank test was used to compare the median survival time between the groups. In addition, Kaplan-Meier curves for survival were also plotted and were censored at 90 days; the log-rank test was used to compare the time to survival between the groups. All statistical tests were two-sided with significance set at α < 0.05. All analyses were conducted using SAS version 9.4 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC).
Results
Characteristics of patients
During the study period, 350 patients with MERS SARI were admitted to the participating ICUs. Patients with diabetes constituted 48.9% of the cohort. Table 1 describes the characteristics and presenting symptoms of patients with diabetes and no diabetes. Compared to patients with no diabetes, those with diabetes were older (median age 61.0 years (Q1, Q3: 53.0, 72.0) versus median age 54.0 years (Q1, Q3: 35.0, 67.0), p < 0.0001) and more likely to have other comorbid conditions such as chronic renal disease (71 (41.5%) versus 39 (21.8%), p < 0.0001) and cardiac disease (95 (55.6%) versus 60 (40.5%), p < 0.0001). They were more likely to present with dyspnea and sputum production. The time from symptom onset to ICU admission was similar.
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of patients with diabetes and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) compared to patients with no diabetes and MERS
Days from the onset of symptoms to the emergency room, median (Q1, Q3)
5.0 (3.0, 8.0)
4.0 (2.0, 7.0)
0.30
Days from symptom onset to ICU admission, median (Q1, Q3)
7.0 (4.0, 10.5)
7.0 (4.0, 11.0)
0.66
Days from symptom onset to intubation, median (Q1, Q3)
8.0 (5.0, 12.0)
8.0 (5.0, 13.0)
0.37
Presenting symptoms – no. (%)
Lower respiratory
Dyspnea
136 (79.5)
123 (68.7)
0.02
Cough
122 (71.3)
117 (65.4)
0.23
With sputum
75 (43.9)
58 (32.4)
0.03
With bloody sputum
11 (6.4)
18 (10.1)
0.22
Chest pain
36 (21.1)
32 (17.9)
0.45
Wheezing
10 (5.8)
9 (5.0)
0.74
Upper respiratory
Earache
2 (1.2)
1 (0.6)
0.62^
Rhinorrhea
6 (3.5)
11 (6.1)
0.25
Sore throat
23 (13.5)
24 (13.4)
0.99
Systemic symptoms
Fever (temperature > 38 °C)
130 (76.0)
131 (73.2)
0.54
Myalgia or arthralgia
32 (18.7)
34 (19.0)
0.95
Headache
14 (8.2)
21 (11.7)
0.27
Fatigue
66 (38.6)
55 (30.7)
0.12
Abdominal pain
22 (12.9)
25 (14.0)
0.76
Lymphadenopathy
1 (0.6)
2 (1.1)
> 0.99^
Diarrhea
20 (11.7)
18 (10.1)
0.62
Vomiting/nausea
28 (16.4)
30 (16.8)
0.92
Altered consciousness/ confusion
44 (25.7)
30 (16.8)
0.04
Seizures
2 (1.2)
2 (1.1)
> 0.99^
Other comorbidities – no. (%)
Chronic pulmonary disease (including asthma)
22 (12.9)
24 (13.4)
0.88
Liver disease
12 (7.0)
10 (5.6)
0.58
Chronic renal disease
71 (41.5)
39 (21.8)
< 0.0001
Chronic cardiac disease
95 (55.6)
43 (24.0)
< 0.0001
Chronic neurological disease
22 (12.9)
16 (8.9)
0.24
BMI > 30 (Kg/m2)
55 (45.5)
60 (40.5)
0.42
Rheumatologic disease
2 (1.2)
5 (2.8)
0.45^
Any malignancy including leukemia, lymphoma, or solid tumors
14 (8.2)
20 (11.2)
0.35
Immunosuppressant use before admission
6 (3.5)
15 (8.4)
0.06
SOFA score on ICU day 1, median (Q1, Q3)
9.0 (6.0, 12.0)
8.0 (5.0, 11.0)
0.02
BMI Body mass index, ICU intensive care unit, Q1 first quartile, Q3 third quartile, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
The denominator of the percentage is the total number of subjects in the treatment group. For continuous variables, Mann-Whitney U test was used to calculate the P-value. For categorical variables, Chi-square test was used to calculate the P-value unless otherwise noted. ^Fisher’s exact test was used to calculate P-value
The laboratory findings are presented in Table 2. There were no differences in white blood cell and platelet counts between the two groups. Patients with diabetes had higher blood glucose (median 12.1 mmol/L (Q1,Q3: 9.9, 16.1) versus median 8.5 mmol/L (Q1,Q3: 6.5, 11.6), p < 0.0001), blood urea nitrogen (median 12.0 mmol/L (Q1,Q3: 7.3, 20.8) versus median 9.1 mmol/L (Q1,Q3: 4.1, 16.9), p = 0.0002) and creatinine (median 141.4 mmol/L (Q1,Q3: 91.0, 327.0) versus median 114.9 mmol/L (Q1,Q3: 67.0, 217.0), p = 0.0004).
Table 2
Physiological parameters on day 1 of admission to ICU in patients with diabetes and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) compared to patients with no diabetes and MERS
Variables
Diabetes
N = 179
No Diabetes
N = 171
P-value
Respiratory parameters on ICU day 1, median (Q1, Q3)
PaO2 (mmHg)
65.1 (56.0, 79.0)
71.0 (60.2, 86.4)
0.01
SaO2 (%)
92.0 (87.0, 95.0)
93.5 (90.0, 95.0)
0.004
FiO2,
0.7 (0.45, 1.0)
0.6 (0.45, 1.00)
0.24
PaO2/FiO2 ratio
98.0 (64.0, 160.0)
122.6 (73.4, 187.5)
0.02
Extrapulmonary parameters on ICU day 1, median (Q1, Q3)
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)
70.0 (61.0, 83.0)
70.0 (60.0, 80.0)
0.72
Leukocyte (× 109/L)
7.90 (4.50, 11.60)
6.80 (4.20, 11.20)
0.31
Hemoglobin (g/dL)
10.4 (9.0, 12.50)
11.0 (8.5, 13.0)
0.48
Hematocrit
33.0 (28.55, 38.50)
35.0 (28.0, 40.0)
0.24
Platelets (×109/L)
188.0 (117.0, 253.0)
168.5 (113.0, 253.0)
0.32
Glucose (mmol/L)
12.1 (9.9, 16.1)
8.5 (6.5, 11.6)
< 0.0001
Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/L)
12.0 (7.3, 20.8)
9.1 (4.1, 16.9)
0.0002
Creatinine (μmol/L)
141.4 (91.0, 327.0)
114.9 (67.0, 217.0)
0.0004
Bilirubin (μmol/L)
12.3 (7.8, 23.7)
12.0 (7.8, 22.9)
0.86
PaO2 partial pressure of oxygen, SaO2 Oxygen saturation, FiO2 Fraction of inspired oxygen, PaO2 FiO2 ratio, the ratio of the partial pressure of oxygen to the fraction of inspired oxygen, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate transaminase, Q1 first quartile, Q3 third quartile
Data on variables were not available for some patients; the number of patients with missing data in the Diabetes group and the No diabetes group, respectively, were as follows: PaO2: 5 patients and 3 patients, SaO2: 3 patients and 3 patients, FiO2: 8 patients and 17 patients, PaO2: FiO2 ratio: 9 patients and 19 patients, MAP: 5 patients and 5 patients, Leukocyte: 5 patients and 9 patients, Hemoglobin: 5 patients and 10 patients, Hematocrit:7 patients, and 9 patients, Platelets: 6 patients and 5 patients, Glucose: 23 patients and 26 patients, Blood urea: 8 patients and 9 patients, Creatinine:4 patients and 2 patients, Bilirubin level: 22 patients and 23 patients
Management in the ICU
Table 3 shows the management interventions performed during the ICU stay. More patients with diabetes were treated with non-invasive ventilation and with invasive mechanical ventilation (89.5% versus 81.6%, p = 0.04) than non-diabetics. The time from symptom onset to intubation was similar. In comparison to patients with no diabetes, there was more use of nitric oxide in patients with diabetes (28 (16.4%) versus 16 (8.9), p = 0.04, but less use of ECMO (6 (3.5%) versus 16 (8.9%), p = 0.04).
Table 3
Main interventions and outcomes in patients with diabetes and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) compared to patients with no diabetes and MERS
ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ICU Intensive care unit. The denominator of the percentage is the total number of subjects in the group
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For other organ support, more patients with diabetes had shock requiring vasopressors compared to those with no diabetes (86.0% versus 72.1%, p = 0.002). Corticosteroids were given more commonly in patients with diabetes (58.5% versus 41.9%, p = 0.002). Renal replacement therapy was provided more often in patients with diabetes (60.2% versus 39.7%, p = 0.0001). More patients with diabetes received ribavirin and interferon (40.9% versus 26.3%, p = 0.02).
Outcomes of patients
The mortality at 90 days was higher in patients with diabetes (78.9% versus 54.7%, p < 0.0001) (Table 3). On multivariable logistic regression analysis, in both the models (I and II) diabetes was associated with increased mortality (OR, 2.09; 95% CI, 1.18–3.72). Other predictors of mortality were age (OR per 1-year increment, 1.04; 95% CI, 1.02–1.06), female gender (OR 1.68; 95% CI, 1.06–2.67), SOFA (OR per 1-point increment 1.20; 95% CI, 1.14–1.26) (Table 4).
Table 4
Multivariable model to examine whether diabetes is an independent predictor of 90-day mortality in patients with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). We adjusted for age, sex, asthma or chronic pulmonary disease, chronic neurological disease, immunosuppressant use before admission, body mass index (BMI), and SOFA score. Model I: Complete case analysis with no imputation (participants with any missing data are excluded). Model II: Multiple imputation (participants with missing data identified and replaced)
Variables
Model I (N = 266)
Model II (N = 350)
OR (95% CI)
P-value
OR (95% CI)
P-value
Diabetes
2.09 (1.18, 3.72)
0.005
2.13 (1.15, 3.95)
0.02
SOFA (per one-unit increase)
1.20 (1.14, 1.26)
< 0.0001
1.17 (1.12, 1.23)
< 0.0001
Female sex
1.68 (1.06, 2.67)
0.02
1.74 (1.09, 2.79)
0.02
Age (per one-year increase)
1.04 (1.02, 1.06)
0.0002
1.04 (1.02, 1.06)
< 0.0001
Chronic neurological disease
3.07 (0.80, 11.81)
0.07
3.40 (1.04, 11.14)
0.04
BMI (kg/m2) (per one-unit increase)
0.97 (0.90, 1.03)
0.23
0.96 (0.91, 1.02)
0.21
Immunosuppressant use before admission
1.24 (0.29, 5.26)
0.74
1.13 (0.35, 3.64)
0.84
Asthma or chronic pulmonary disease
1.20 (0.66, 2.20)
0.51
1.04 (0.57, 1.91)
0.90
OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval, BMI body mass index, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
ICU LOS was longer for patients with diabetes (Table 3). The time to clearance of MERS-CoV RNA was similar in both groups (23 days (Q1, Q3: 17, 36) in patients with diabetes and 21.0 days (Q1, Q3: 10, 33) in patients with no diabetes). Figure 1 demonstrates the Kaplan Meir curves for time-to-clearance of MERS-CoV rRT-PCR and shows no difference between patients with diabetes and no diabetes.
Fig. 1
Panel a: Time-to-clearance of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) RNA among patients with diabetes and no diabetes. Time to clearance was defined as the time taken from the date of ICU admission to having two negative RT-PCR tests not followed by positive test. Log-rank test is used to calculate the P-value. Panel b: Kaplan Meir curves for survival among patients with diabetes and no diabetes and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)
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Discussion
Our study demonstrates that patients with diabetes constituted around half of the critically ill patients with MERS; MERS patients with diabetes presented with dyspnea and sputum production and were more likely to have respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation than those with no diabetes; and diabetes was an independent predictor of mortality in MERS. Viral shedding duration was similar in patients with diabetes and no diabetes.
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Diabetes is a global health problem and leads to significant complications that increase the risk of morbidity and development of critical illness. Saudi Arabia is among the countries with high prevalence rates (> 30%) [20]. This may partly explain the high prevalence of diabetes in our cohort of critically ill MERS patients. In a Korean cohort of 186 patients with confirmed MERS patients, diabetes was present in 18.8% [9]. In our study, patients with diabetes presented with more severe respiratory symptoms and hypoxia, required mechanical ventilation more frequently, and were given nitric oxide as rescue therapy more often. They also required vasopressors more often. These patients were more likely to receive ribavirin and interferon (alpha or beta-1a) alone or in combination; these antivirals have not been associated with improved outcomes in MERS [21]. Recently, the MIRACLE trial demonstrated a reduction in mortality with the combination of lopinavir-ritonavir and interferon beta-1b; but none of patients in this cohort had received this combination [22].
Diabetes is associated with reduced neutrophil chemotaxis after stimulation [23] and blunted inflammatory response to endotoxemia [24]. These abnormalities are thought to be the reasons why diabetics have an increased risk of various infections [25]. For viral infections, diabetes has been associated with increased risk for hospitalization after H1N1 infection [26], ICU admission [26], and death [27]. Comorbidities, including diabetes, have been associated with increased mortality in MERS patients [28]. In a small cohort from two hospitals in Saudi Arabia, diabetes was present in 10.5% of survivors and 70.0% of non-survivors (p = 0.002) [29]. A study that evaluated MERS cases during the Korean outbreak found that diabetes was a risk factor for mortality on multivariate analysis (OR, 2.47; 95% CI, 1.06–5.72) [9]. Analysis of 1743 MERS cases found that patients with comorbidity (diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, renal disease, or pulmonary disease) had higher mortality risk (adjusted hazard ratio, of 3.7; 95% CI, 2.6–5.7) [13]. In Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), diabetes (OR, 3.0; 95% CI, 1.4–6.3) and fasting blood glucose ≥7.0 mmol/L (OR, 3.3; 95%, CI 1.4–7.7) were independent predictors of death [30]. Studies on the association of diabetes with disease severity and outcome in COVID-19 have yielded mixed results [31‐36]. In a meta-analysis, the risk of severe COVID-19 was not significantly increased in patients with diabetes (OR, 2.07; 95% CI, 0.89–4.82) [36]. Other studies found no association between diabetes and morality [32, 35].
It remains unclear how diabetes may contribute to increased disease severity and mortality in people infected with MERS-CoV. In a mouse model of MERS-CoV infection, diabetic mice had a prolonged phase of severe disease and delayed recovery compared to non-diabetic mice [14]. This was associated with delayed inflammation which lasted through 21 days after infection [14]. Diabetic mice exhibited fewer inflammatory monocyte/macrophages and CD4+ T cells and lower levels of TNF-a, IL-6, and IL-12b [14]. This may explain the findings of severe MERS in patients with diabetes.
Viral shedding was relatively prolonged in our MERS patients. However, the time to clearance of MERS-CoV RNA was similar in patients with diabetes and no diabetes. Prolonged shedding has been reported in MERS patients in other studies [37], and has been associated with corticosteroid use [38]. Corticosteroids were used more commonly in patients with diabetes in the current study.
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The findings of this study should be interpreted in light of its strengths and weaknesses. The strengths include that it is the largest cohort of critically ill patients with MERS. The limitations are related to the nature of the database and include diabetes diagnosis by history and absence of data on glycemic measures, such as type of diabetes, hemoglobin A1c, glucose control during hospitalization, and prior or current diabetes medications. In addition, glucose levels in patients with no diabetes were elevated, suggesting that some patients had stress hyperglycemia or undiagnosed diabetes. This may affect the associations between diabetes and various outcomes. Given the high prevalence of diabetes in Saudi Arabia, the results of our study may not be generalizable to populations of lower diabetes prevalence.
Conclusion
Diabetes was highly prevalent in a cohort of critically ill patients with MERS. Patients with diabetes had more severe illness. Diabetes was an independent predictor of mortality.
Ethics approval and consent to participants
The study was approved by the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs Institutional Review Board (IRB- RC14–025-R) and by the IRBs of all participating sites (Table S2: Supplement). Informed consent was waived by the IRB because of the retrospective and observational nature of the study.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) for their support in the database construction.
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All the authors have read the final manuscript and approved its submission.
Competing interests
Yaseen Arabi provided nonpaid consultations on therapeutics for MERS for Gilead Sciences and SAB Biotherapeutics and he is a Board Member of the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC). He is the Lead-Co Chair of the Think-20 Saudi Arabia (T20) Taskforce for COVID-19. Other authors declared that they have no competing interests.
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Critically ill patients with diabetes and Middle East respiratory syndrome: a multi-center observational study
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