“The study shows very strongly how much can be learned from quality and continuous medical recording, such as the one we have in the Israeli healthcare system,” said Prof. Ora Paltiel of Hebrew University’s School of Public Health.
High Blood Sugar Linked to Risk of Serious CoronaVirus
Israel 21C 12.09.2021
High pre-infection blood sugar levels have been linked to a greater risk of severe Covid-19 cases, even in non-diabetics, according to a new study.
The research, from the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Israeli health fund Meuhedet, and Hadassah Medical Center, shows that even pre-diabetic patients with high blood sugar levels after fasting, are more likely to develop serious symptoms after catching Covid-19.
The standard blood sugar level for an adult is 70-100 mg/dL, after having fasted at least eight hours. In patients diagnosed with diabetes, the highest risk (1 in 4 patients) of contracting severe Covid-19 was found in patients with low sugar values — below 80 mg/dl. The lowest risk (1 in 12) was found in patients with sugar values of 106-125 mg/dl.
For patients with no diagnosis of diabetes, the higher the sugar values, the greater the risk of severe Covid-19.
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