COVID-۱۹ Correlation with Diabetes Mellitus Presents Ascending Rate Throughout the Pandemic Peaks

Coronavirus disease (COVID-۱۹) is an infectious disease with a high rate of mortality. Recent studies suggest that severity of COVID-۱۹ is amplified in patients diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus. In order to study the relationship between the prevalence of COVID-۱۹ and Diabetes Mellitus (DM), correlation coefficient between the two variables was calculated using WHO and International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Diabetes Atlas data sets. The data was assorted into ten regions including; Central Asia, Middles east and western Asia, Africa, North America and the Caribbean, South east Asia, East Asia, Europe, South and Central America, South Asia and Oceania. Locally in the Middle East and Western Asia and also on a global accumulative scale when testing a total of ۱۹۰ countries, a moderate positive correlation was observed. Furthermore, a strongly positive correlation coefficient of ۰.۶۹۳ in the ۱۵ most affected countries by COVID-۱۹ was achieved. The data was analyzed in five windows of ۴۵ days since the emergence of the pandemic. Results indicate that there is an increasing pattern of the correlation coefficient in the last three windows. Since the spread of COVID-۱۹ was uneven and the pandemic peaks happened at different times in the countries, this pattern was not observed in the first and the second windows. This study proves that if the prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus increases, the prevalence of COVID-۱۹ cases may also increase.

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COVID-۱۹ pandemic ، Diabetes Mellitus prevalence ، local and accumulative correlation