Among type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients who contract COVID-19, Black individuals were found to be four times more likely than Whites to be hospitalized with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), revealed new research.

The findings come from 180 patients at 52 T1D Exchange clinical network sites. Adjusting for health insurance status and other potential confounders, the difference in DKA rates in COVID-19 appeared to be four times higher in Black compared to White patients with type 1 diabetes. Hispanic patients with type 1 diabetes had DKA risk which was double that of Whites, but the difference didnt achieve statistical significance. The findings were published online January 7 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism… (Medscape)