<p>Patients with abnormally high blood sugar levels are more than twice as likely to die from Covid-19, researchers in China said Saturday.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-indias-tally-of-covid-19-cases-tops-764-lakh-as-the-death-toll-surpasses-21000-856206.html"><strong>For latest updates on Coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>The researchers examined death rates for 605 Covid-19 patients at two hospitals in Wuhan, China.</p>.<p>Having high blood pressure is "independently associated" with increased risk of death and complications from Covid-19, they wrote.</p>.<p>The study builds on previous research on diabetic patients.</p>.<p>One-in-10 Covid-19 patients with diabetes died in French hospitals, a far higher proportion than for patients without the condition, a May study in the same journal found.</p>.<p>Exactly why high blood sugar increases Covid-19 death rates remains clear.</p>.<p>The authors of Friday's study suggested that blood clotting, the weakening of blood vessel linings, and cytokine storm syndrome -- an overreaction of the immune system -- could all play a role.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-july-11-859684.html"><strong>Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths on July 11</strong></a></p>.<p>The authors of the report urged hospitals to test all Covid-19 patients for glucose levels, as opposed to only those known to have diabetes.</p>.<p>The study, which looked at hospital patients admitted in January and February, had some limitations, experts not involved in the research said.</p>.<p>"This is a nice report but it is fully in line with expectations," Naveed Sattar, a professor of metabolic medicine at the University of Glasgow who was not one of the study's authors, said.</p>.<p>"What the authors cannot confirm is whether differential targeting of blood sugar levels in those admitted leads to differences in outcomes."</p>.<p>More research involving randomised controlled trials is needed, Bernard Khoo, a professor of endocrinology at University College London, commented.</p>
<p>Patients with abnormally high blood sugar levels are more than twice as likely to die from Covid-19, researchers in China said Saturday.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-indias-tally-of-covid-19-cases-tops-764-lakh-as-the-death-toll-surpasses-21000-856206.html"><strong>For latest updates on Coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>The researchers examined death rates for 605 Covid-19 patients at two hospitals in Wuhan, China.</p>.<p>Having high blood pressure is "independently associated" with increased risk of death and complications from Covid-19, they wrote.</p>.<p>The study builds on previous research on diabetic patients.</p>.<p>One-in-10 Covid-19 patients with diabetes died in French hospitals, a far higher proportion than for patients without the condition, a May study in the same journal found.</p>.<p>Exactly why high blood sugar increases Covid-19 death rates remains clear.</p>.<p>The authors of Friday's study suggested that blood clotting, the weakening of blood vessel linings, and cytokine storm syndrome -- an overreaction of the immune system -- could all play a role.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-july-11-859684.html"><strong>Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths on July 11</strong></a></p>.<p>The authors of the report urged hospitals to test all Covid-19 patients for glucose levels, as opposed to only those known to have diabetes.</p>.<p>The study, which looked at hospital patients admitted in January and February, had some limitations, experts not involved in the research said.</p>.<p>"This is a nice report but it is fully in line with expectations," Naveed Sattar, a professor of metabolic medicine at the University of Glasgow who was not one of the study's authors, said.</p>.<p>"What the authors cannot confirm is whether differential targeting of blood sugar levels in those admitted leads to differences in outcomes."</p>.<p>More research involving randomised controlled trials is needed, Bernard Khoo, a professor of endocrinology at University College London, commented.</p>