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<blockquote data-quote="Jamie H" data-source="post: 2257053" data-attributes="member: 523528"><p>I have just registered on this forum after reading through quite a number of times... find it extremely informative, interesting and at times reassuring.</p><p></p><p>In relation to this particular topic there appears to be quite a lot of conflicting reports around the risk associated with diabetes... it would therefore be extremely useful if this was further broken down by age, BMI, hba1c etc. Also my interpretation of this study is that it is a yes/no response to each comorbidity.... therefore I am not sure "uncomplicated diabetes" necessarily means that there was no other co-morbidity present... eg what % were obese, what % also had COPD etc. I fully appreciate there are many on this forum in that position and I only say this as each of us will want to know as full a picture as possible in order to make informed decisions about how move to the "new normal".</p><p></p><p>Of course we all know there is no such thing as good or bad diabetes it's how well it is managed, and also it may come down to what other conditions are present, as well as other contributing factors such as age. ... until studies are further broken down diabetics are left a bit in the dark in terms of what exactly the increase in risk is.</p><p></p><p><strong>Best guess</strong> in reading other studies may be that those with diabetes that are younger , have good control and no other co morbidites may not be at much of an increased risk of more severe infection and outcome than the general population. However that still leaves a significant percentage of diabetics in the dark about their own specific risk. (<strong>including the example above as this is just a best guess</strong>).. this will be vital in not only the government's response to scaling back lockdown measures but also ensuring individuals have the full picture to weigh up their own associated risk when trying to get back to some level or normality.</p><p></p><p>I</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jamie H, post: 2257053, member: 523528"] I have just registered on this forum after reading through quite a number of times... find it extremely informative, interesting and at times reassuring. In relation to this particular topic there appears to be quite a lot of conflicting reports around the risk associated with diabetes... it would therefore be extremely useful if this was further broken down by age, BMI, hba1c etc. Also my interpretation of this study is that it is a yes/no response to each comorbidity.... therefore I am not sure "uncomplicated diabetes" necessarily means that there was no other co-morbidity present... eg what % were obese, what % also had COPD etc. I fully appreciate there are many on this forum in that position and I only say this as each of us will want to know as full a picture as possible in order to make informed decisions about how move to the "new normal". Of course we all know there is no such thing as good or bad diabetes it's how well it is managed, and also it may come down to what other conditions are present, as well as other contributing factors such as age. ... until studies are further broken down diabetics are left a bit in the dark in terms of what exactly the increase in risk is. [B]Best guess[/B] in reading other studies may be that those with diabetes that are younger , have good control and no other co morbidites may not be at much of an increased risk of more severe infection and outcome than the general population. However that still leaves a significant percentage of diabetics in the dark about their own specific risk. ([B]including the example above as this is just a best guess[/B]).. this will be vital in not only the government's response to scaling back lockdown measures but also ensuring individuals have the full picture to weigh up their own associated risk when trying to get back to some level or normality. I [/QUOTE]
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