Orioli et al., Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews,
doi:10.1016/j.dsx.2020.12.020 (Peer Reviewed)
Clinical characteristics and short-term prognosis of in-patients with diabetes and COVID-19: A retrospective study from an academic center in Belgium
Small retrospective study of 73 diabetic patients in Belgium, 55 HCQ patients, showing HCQ RR 0.87,
p = 1.0.
Orioli et al., 12/14/2020, retrospective, Belgium, Europe, peer-reviewed, 9 authors.
risk of death, 12.7% lower, RR 0.87, p = 1.00, treatment 8 of 55 (14.5%), control 3 of 18 (16.7%).
Effect extraction follows
pre-specified rules
prioritizing more serious outcomes. For an individual study the most serious
outcome may have a smaller number of events and lower statistical signficance,
however this provides the strongest evidence for the most serious outcomes
when combining the results of many trials.