New Onset of Diabetes Mellitus and Associated Factors among COVID-19 Patients in COVID-19 Care Centers, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2022

Table 5

Associations between specific variables and new onset of diabetes mellitus in COVID-19 care center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2022 ().

Parameter	Category	DM		cOR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)	Sig.
		New-onset	Not new-onset
Sex	Male	63	90	4.2 (2.2, 8.2)	2.9 (1.21, 7.11)	0.018
	Female	13	78	1	1
Family history of DM	Yes	41	72	0.6 (0.32, 1.32)	0.5 (0.17, 1.36)	0.167
	No	20	55	1.0 (0.52, 2,21)	2.2 (0.56, 8.31)	0.264
	Unknown	15	41	1	1	1
Pulmonary embolism (PE)	Yes	25	99	2.9 (1.72, 5.22)	0.2 (0.06, 0.40)	<0.001
	No	51	69	1	1
Body mass index	18-<25	31	95	1	1	.488
	25-<30	16	59	0.78 (0.41, 1.45)	4.2 (1.51, 11.6)
	≥30	11	29	1.4 (1.11, 5.42)	3.1 (1.01, 8.9)	0.048
Family history of hypertension	Yes	47(35.1%)	88(65.6%)	1.5 (1.01-3.62)	3.7 (1.31, 10.5)	0.012
	No	29(26.4%)	81(73.4%)	1	1
Anticoagulant	Heparin	68	136	0.5 (0.21, 1.22)	0.4 (0.10, 1.62)	0.19
	Enoxaparin	8	32	1	1
Potassium	Hypokalemia	18	51	1	1	0.192
	Normal	47	110	1.2 (.642, 2.3)	1.7 (.762, 3.78)
	Hyperkalemia	11	7	4.5 (1.52, 13.2)	9.3 (1.82, 47.3)	0.007
The severity of the illness	Mild	3	9	1.12 (0.29-4.4)	0.7 (0.1, 5.22)	0.740
	Moderate	26	81	0.65 (0.4, 1.2)	1.9 (0.72, 5.51)	0.202
	Severe	32	93	1	1
Immune suppressive drug	Prednisolone and corticosteroid	18	54	0.65 (0.6, 1.28)	2.3 (0.90, 5.81)	0.082
	Dexamethasone	58	114	1	1
Sodium	≤35	22	66	0.63 (0.4, 1.2)	1.4 (0.7, 2.96)	0.341
	>35	54	102	1	12

Key: OR: odds ratio; aOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; PE: pulmonary embolism; BMI: body mass index; DM: diabetes mellitus.