Age of people with Type 2 diabetes and the risk of dying following SARS-CoV-2 infection
Zixing Tian1, Adrian H Heald1,2, Mike Stedman3, Helene Fachim2, Mark Livingston4,5, Martin Gibson1,2, Yonghong Peng6, William Ollier6
1The School of Medicine and Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
2Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK
3Res Consortium, Andover, UK
4Black Country Pathology Services, Walsall Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK
5School of Medicine and Clinical Practice at the University of Wolverhampton, UK
6Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Adrian Heald, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, The School of Medicine and Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Email: adrian.heald@manchester.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 161 206 0108
Key words: SARS-CoV-2, Coronavirus, Type 2 Diabetes, Mortality
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