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M. C. Arjun, Arvind Kumar Singh, Debkumar Pal, Kajal Das, Alekhya G., Mahalingam Venkateshan, Baijayantimala Mishra, Binod Kumar Patro, Prasanta Raghab Mohapatra, and Sonu Hangma Subba
December 20, 2022
PLOS One
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (India)

"Abstract

Background: ... We did this study to estimate the incidence and identify the characteristics and predictors of Long COVID among our patients.

Methodology: We recruited adult (≥18 years) patients who were diagnosed as Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR) confirmed SARS-COV-2 infection and were either hospitalized or tested on outpatient basis...

Results: ... Statistically significant predictors of Long COVID at four weeks of follow-up were—Pre-existing medical conditions (Adjusted Odds ratio (aOR) = 2.00, 95% CI: 1.16,3.44), having a higher number of symptoms during acute phase of COVID-19 disease (aOR = 11.24, 95% CI: 4.00,31.51), two doses of COVID-19 vaccination (aOR = 2.32, 95% CI: 1.17,4.58), the severity of illness (aOR = 5.71, 95% CI: 3.00,10.89) and being admitted to hospital (Odds ratio (OR) = 3.89, 95% CI: 2.49,6.08)."

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at risk populations,COVID-19,long COVID,pre-existing conditions risk factor,risk factors,vaccine (or viral) immune escape (VIE),vaccines