Impaired glucose metabolism in patients with diabetes, prediabetes, and obesity is associated with severe COVID‐19

Background Identification of risk factors of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is critical for improving therapies and understanding severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) pathogenesis. We analyzed 184 patients hospitalized for COVID‐19 in Livingston, New Jersey for clinical characteristics associated with severe disease. The majority of patients with COVID‐19 had diabetes mellitus (DM) (62.0%), Pre‐DM (23.9%) with...