Complete blood count and some cytokines levels for COVID- 19 in diabetic patients

Abstract

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is now a worldwide pandemic. The researchers are trying to find more about this virus in terms of diagnosis and management. Many researchers reported that the routine complete blood count is one of the main analyses to be performed for the patients as part of the confirmation test for the disease. We aim to find more about the complete blood count (CBC) of patients infected with COVID-19 and to see whether the results would show any significant differences regarding age and gender. A group of 95 diabetic patients with confirmed COVID-19 was admitted to the Salah El- Deen Hospital in Tikrit City, Iraq. The cases were collected and analyzed from January to December 2020. CBC analysis showed a significant difference in the values of red blood cells (RBCs), white blood cells (WBC), Platelets (PLT), and its parameters (PDW & MPV) and C-reactive protein (CRP) in diabetic patients infected with COVID-19. Cytokines levels (IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and TNF-α) were all elevated and IL-6 is believed to be a reliable biomarker for COVID-19 detection.