The authors of a new report urged hospitals to test all Covid-19 patients for glucose levels, as opposed to only those known to have diabetes. — AFP pic
It is the first time scientists have been able to confirm that patients with hyperglycemia, but not diagnosed with diabetes, are at higher risk of death from Covid-19, they wrote in the journal Diabetologia.Having high blood pressure is “independently associated” with increased risk of death and complications from Covid-19, they wrote.
The study, which looked at hospital patients admitted in January and February, had some limitations, experts not involved in the research said.
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