Those With Type 2 Diabetes & CKD Face Poor Outcomes Following COVID-19

People with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) who were hospitalized due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were nearly 10.5 times more likely to have severe COVID-19. People who were on dialysis when they were hospitalized with COVID-19 were 4.7 times more likely to have severe COVID-19.

Among those with CKD hospitalized with COVID-19, those with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) had the longest hospital durations of all the CKD categories, averaging a 15-day stay. Those with normal kidney function or early stage CKD who were hospitalized with COVID-19 . . .