Table 2 Comparison of clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients with diabetes mellitus vs. without diabetes mellitus.

From: The outcomes of patients with diabetes mellitus in The Philippine CORONA Study

Outcomes

Diabetic

Non-diabetic

p-value

(n = 2191)

(n = 8690)

Final outcome

In-hospital mortality, n (%)

579 (26.43%)

1123 (12.92%)

 < 0.001

Discharged, n (%)

1612 (73.57%)

7567 (87.08%)

 < 0.001

Time to in-hospital mortality in days, median (IQR)

16 (14)

14 (13)

 < 0.001

Respiratory failure, n (%)

656 (29.94%)

952 (10.96%)

 < 0.001

Duration of IMV in days, median (IQR)

14 (12)

12 (11)

0.002

IMV dependence < 14 days, n (%)

314 (47.87%)

530 (55.79%)

0.002

IMV dependence ≥ 14 days, n (%)

342 (52.13%)

420 (44.21%)

 

COVID-19 severity at nadir

Mild/moderate, n (%)

923 (42.57%)

5767 (67.19%)

 < 0.001

Severe/critical, n (%)

1245 (57.43%)

2816 (32.81%)

 

Admitted to ICU, n (%)

739 (33.73%)

1001 (11.52%)

 < 0.001

Length of ICU stay in days, median (IQR)

15 (11)

14 (12)

0.596

ICU stay ≤ 7 days, n (%)

119 (16.10%)

153 (15.28%)

0.642

ICU stay > 7 days, n (%)

620 (83.90%)

848 (84.72%)

 

Length of hospital staya in days, median (IQR)

14 (10)

13 (9)

 < 0.001

Hospital stay ≤ 14 days, n (%)

1209 (55.18%)

5368 (61.77%)

 < 0.001

Hospital stay > 14 days, n (%)

982 (44.82%)

3322 (38.23%)

 

Neurologic outcome on dischargeb

Full/partial neurologic recovery, n (%)

368 (76.67%)

1271 (89.19%)

 < 0.001

No recovery, n (%)

112 (23.33%)

154 (10.81%)

 
  1. aDerived from overall length of stay for patients who were never admitted to ICU; excludes ICU length of stay for those who were admitted in the ICU.
  2. bPatients who had a neurologic presentation or concomitant acute neurologic diagnosis on admission (n = 2291).