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African Health Sciences
Makerere University Medical School
ISSN: 1680-6905 EISSN: 1680-6905
Vol. 21, No. 3, 2021, pp. 1100-1106
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Bioline Code: hs21070
Full paper language: English
Document type: Study
Document available free of charge
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African Health Sciences, Vol. 21, No. 3, 2021, pp. 1100-1106
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Diabetes and COVID-19 in Congolese patients
Poaty, Henriette; Poaty, Guy Emergence; Dziessi, Gilbert N; Ngakeni, Emile Godefroy; Makouka, Tatiana Doukaga; Gadoua, René Soussa; Ondzé, Regis; Kitembo, Lambert; Msengui, Presley Jeanel; Peya, Jethro Massala; Sapoulou, Michel Gbala; Ibata, Pascal; Monabeka, Henri Germain & Dokekias, Alexis Elira
Abstract
Background: The global pandemic Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is reported to be potentially severe in patients with morbid conditions. One common reported
comorbidities is diabetes. We aimed in this study to precise the clinical characteristics and outcomes in a series of congolese
diabetic patients affected by COVID-19 infection.
Patients and methods: We retrospectely studied from 256 COVID-19 patients, a cohort of 30 persons with previously
known diabetes. The glycaemia controls have been obtained by plasma glucose assay. All patients have been tested positive
to SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR method.
Results: The COVID-19 diabetic patients represented 11,7% of all COVID-19 patients with confidence interval of 95%
[7,77-15,65]. Older individuals and male sex were predominent. Dyspnea and sauration of oxygen < 90 were significatives
and added risk factors were noted in 63.3% of patients, particulary hyperglycaemia with hypertension or obesity. The
mortality rate at the percentage of 36.7% was more prevalent in patients with added comorbidities (30%) versus without
comorbidities (6.7%).
Conclusion: Congolese COVID-19 diabetic patients of male sex and older age exhibiting arterial hypertension and obesity
are the most exposed to severe COVID-19 and increasead mortality rate.
Keywords
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; diabetes; Congolese patients.
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