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. 2020 Sep;81(3):e20-e23.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.07.006. Epub 2020 Jul 8.

Fasting blood glucose predicts the occurrence of critical illness in COVID-19 patients: A multicenter retrospective cohort study

Qin Liu  1 , Huai Chen  1 , Jianyu Li  1 , Xiaoyan Huang  1 , Lihua Lai  1 , Shenghao Li  1 , Qingsi Zeng  2
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Fasting blood glucose predicts the occurrence of critical illness in COVID-19 patients: A multicenter retrospective cohort study

Qin Liu et al. J Infect. 2020 Sep.
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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no competing interests.

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Admission FBG of COVID-19 patients and its correlation with disease severity. (a) FBG level in noncritical and critical COVID-19 patients (p < 0.001). (b) ROC curve of FBG for discriminating COVID-19 patients with non-critical and critical illness. (c–h) correlation between FBG and WBC, neutrophil, LDH, lymphocyte, albumin and IBIL, respectively. Abbreviations: FBG, fasting blood glucose; ROC, receiver operating characteristic; WBC, white blood cells; lactic dehydrogenase; indirect bilirubin. .
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