Study of Diabetic Imbalance During Acute Phase and Recovery in Patients with COVID-19 in Baghdad/Iraq

This study aims to investigate traces of COVID-19 on diabetic profile during infection and after recovery to manifest the effects of disease upon pancreas due to uncensored elevation of glucose level, taking HbA1c, and fructosamine up scores with them, in Baghdad City from October 2021 till April 2022. They were consisted of equal halves of males and females, for both patients and controls. Patients were consisted of 120 individuals with acute to convalescent phase of COVID-19 and 60 healthy controls, all aged between 19 and 61 years. Tests that were depended in this study are: Random blood sugar, RBS, fructosamine, and glycated haemoglobin, HbA1c. Samples are of serum and whole blood for HbA1c that was done by using Roche – Integra 400 plus and G8-TOSOH auto analyzers at Al-Karkh Medical Laboratory in Baghdad.