| HbA1c was an independent risk factor for poor outcomes in coronavirus disease 2019 patients. Severe pulmonary infection and consequent acute respiratory distress syndrome might be the primary causes of death in insufficient glycemic control patients (Journal of Diabetes Investigation)
Metformin dose is an independent determinant of FDG accumulation in the wall and lumen of the large intestine in individuals treated with this drug (Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism)
Risk Factor Control and Cardiovascular Event Risk in People With Type 2 Diabetes in Primary and Secondary Prevention Settings (Circulation)
Lockdown determined a relevant short-term metabolic worsening in approximately one-fourth of previously well-controlled type 2 diabetic individuals; pre-lockdown triglycerides were the only parameter able to predict such derangement of glucose control (Acta Diabetologica)
This short report uses data collected from GP practices alongside the National Diabetes Audit (NDA) for the period January 2019 to March 2020 inclusiv (NHS Digital)
All women with GDM should be intensively monitored for a decade, after which the risk for type 1 diabetes is minimal. However, the incidence of type 2 diabetes remains linear, and therefore individualised lifelong follow-up is recommended (Diabetologia)
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