Type 2 diabetes-related health measures during the initial COVID-19 surge at an academic internal medicine practice

Lawrence Ma; Joseph Diaz; Jennifer Deconde; Melissa Wong; Bernice Ruo

doi:10.1016/j.pcd.2024.01.007

Type 2 diabetes-related health measures during the initial COVID-19 surge at an academic internal medicine practice

Prim Care Diabetes. 2024 Apr;18(2):246-247. doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2024.01.007. Epub 2024 Jan 25.

Authors

Lawrence Ma¹, Joseph Diaz², Jennifer Deconde², Melissa Wong², Bernice Ruo²

Affiliations

¹ University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine. Electronic address: lma@health.ucsd.edu.
² University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine.

PMID: 38278669
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2024.01.007

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted chronic disease management in the United States and across the world. This study reports minimal effects of the initial COVID-19 surge on body mass index, blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood glucose control in ambulatory general internal medicine patients with Type 2 diabetes at a single academic center.

Keywords: COVID-19; Chronic disease management; Primary care; Type 2 diabetes.

MeSH terms

Blood Pressure
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / diagnosis
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / drug therapy
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / epidemiology
Humans
Internal Medicine
Pandemics
United States