Factors Affecting the Incidence, Progression, and Severity of COVID-19 in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 7

Correlations of the clinical characteristics and diabetic biomarkers with lactate dehydrogenase and inflammatory and coagulation biomarkers in T1DM patients with and without COVID-19 ().

Parameters	LDH (U/l)	CRP (mg/l)	ESR (mm/h)	Ferritin (ng/ml)	D-dimer (μg/ml)
Comorbidities	0.064	0.241	0.210	0.077	0.208
Hydroxychloroquine administration	-0.201	-0.329	-0.370	-0.369	-0.379
FBG (mmol/l)	0.207	0.451	0.534	0.563	0.540
HbA1c (%)	0.172	0.577	0.555	0.547	0.516

Results are correlation coefficients (). FBG: fasting blood glucose; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; CRP: C-reactive protein; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; T1DM: type 1 diabetes mellitus. , .