Characteristics and predictors of Long COVID among diagnosed cases of COVID-19

URL

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9767341/

Authors

M. C. Arjun, Arvind Kumar Singh, Debkumar Pal, Kajal Das, Alekhya G., Mahalingam Venkateshan, Baijayantimala Mishra, Binod Kumar Patro, Prasanta Raghab Mohapatra, Resources, Supervision, Sonu Hangma Subba, and Vipa Thanachartwet

Published Date

December 20, 2022

Publication

Plos One

Organization

Department of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Key Excerpts

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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Medium

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Topics

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