Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of subgroups analysed for the CGM and arginine tests

From: Acute and long-term disruption of glycometabolic control after SARS-CoV-2 infection

 

All

Controls

Acute COVID-19

Post COVID-19

T2D

P

n

35

15

10

10

10

 

M/F, n

21/14

10/5

4/6

7/3

6/4

0.24

0.9§

0.9#

0.36*

0.65ξ

0.9ψ

Age, years (mean ± s.e.m.)

45.9 ± 2.1

47.2 ± 3.1

43.0 ± 4.7

46.9 ± 3.8

50.7 ± 3.9

0.84

0.99§

0.90#

0.80*

0.53ξ

0.96ψ

Smoking, n

4

4

0

0

1

0.12

0.12§

0.61#

0.9*

0.9ξ

0.9ψ

Familiality T2D, n

13

8

2

3

4

0.21

0.41§

0.68#

0.9*

0.62ξ

0.9ψ

BMI (mean ± s.e.m.)

23.4 ± 0.6

23.3 ± 0.6

24.8 ± 2.1

22.4 ± 1.5

27.2 ± 0.3

0.72

0.94§

0.014#

0.53*

0.40ξ

0.020ψ

Hypertension (%)

1

1

0

0

5

0.9

0.9§

0.022#

0.9*

0.032ξ

0.032ψ

Time after first symptom, d (mean ± s.e.m.)

34.0 ± 5.7

22.9 ± 4.1

62.0 ± 3.2

<0.001*

Baseline clinical score (mean ± s.e.m.)

3.1 ± 0.3

3.7 ± 0.3

2.0 ± 0.0

<0.001*

Therapies, n

 Hydroxychloroquine

3

0

2

1

0

0.55*

 Antiviral

3

0

3

0

0

0.06*

 Monoclonal antibody

0

0

0

0

0

0.9*

 Steroids

1

0

1

0

0

0.33*

 LMWH

6

0

6

0

0

0.001*

 Antibiotics

6

2

2

2

0

0.9*

Diabetes-associated therapies, n

 Metformin

0

0

0

0

6

 Others

0

0

0

0

0

 No therapies

0

0

0

0

4

  1. LMWH, low-molecular-weight heparin.
  2. P Controls versus acute COVID-19;
  3. §P Controls versus post COVID-19;
  4. #P Controls versus T2D;
  5. *Acute COVID-19 versus post COVID-19;
  6. ξ Acute COVID-19 versus T2D;
  7. ψ Post COVID-19 versus T2D.