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- Title
Year-Long Trend in Glycated Hemoglobin Levels in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Authors
Jonghwa Jin; Seong Wook Lee; Won-Ki Lee; Jae-Han Jeon; Jung-Guk Kim; In-Kyu Lee; Yeon-Kyung Choi; Keun-Gyu Park
- Abstract
It has been suggested that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a negative impact on glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, no study has examined yearly trends in glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels after the start of the COVID-19 outbreak. Here, we performed a retrospective analysis of HbA1c concentrations during the early period of the COVID-19 outbreak (COVID-19 cohort) and then compared the yearly trend in the mean HbA1c level, along with fluctuations in HbA1c levels, with those during previous years (non-COVID-19 cohorts). We observed that the mean HbA1c level in patients with T2DM increased during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 outbreak. After 6 months, HbA1c levels in the COVID-19 cohort returned to levels seen in the non-COVID-19 cohorts. The data suggest that vulnerable patients with T2DM should be monitored closely during the early period of a pandemic to ensure they receive appropriate care.
- Subjects
GLYCOSYLATED hemoglobin; COVID-19 pandemic; TYPE 2 diabetes; COVID-19; GLYCEMIC control
- Publication
Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2021, Vol 36, Issue 5, p1142
- ISSN
2093-596X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3803/EnM.2021.1154