A research team consisting of Assistant Professor Kou Ando and Assistant Professor Takeshi Horii of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, and Assistant Professor Takayuki Uematsu of the Medical Center Research Division analyzed medical data of patients with new coronavirus infections in the United States. It was found that the more factors such as diabetes and obesity are combined, the more likely it is to become severe.

 According to Kitasato University, the research team analyzed 2 patients with the new corona infection based on a large-scale electronic medical record database collected from medical institutions across the United States, and treated them in the hospital within 8,095 days from the date of diagnosis. We evaluated the risk of receiving medical treatment.

 評価方法として年齢が65歳以上、男性、2型糖尿病、肥満に該当すると、それぞれ1点を付加し、点数別に患者が入院する可能性を分析した。その結果、1点の患者は点数が加算されなかった患者に比べて約3倍、2点の患者は約6.5倍、3点の患者は約16倍、4点の患者は約20倍に可能性が高まっていた。

 It was revealed that the possibility of critical care, which is in danger of life and enters the 24-hour intensive care unit, is about 2 times for 15 points, about 3 times for 38 points, and about 4 times for 55 points.

 The researchers believe that by controlling multiple risks, such as controlling diabetes and eliminating obesity, the risk of aggravation can be reduced.In the future, we will clarify the relationship between each risk factor and pathological condition based on data from Asians such as Japanese.

Paper information:[Scientific Reports] Impact of overlapping risks of type 2 diabetes and obesity on coronavirus disease severity in the United States

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