Publication type
Journal Article
Authors
- Ellen J. Thompson
- Dylan M. Williams
- Alex J. Walker
- Ruth E. Mitchell
- Claire L. Niedzwiedz
- Tiffany C. Yang
- Charlotte F. Huggins
- Alex S.F. Kwong
- Richard J. Silverwood
- Giorgio Di Gessa
- Ruth C.E. Bowyer
- Kate Northstone
- Bo Hou
- Michael J. Green
- Brian Dodgeon
- Katie J. Doores
- Emma L. Duncan
- Frances M.K. Williams
- Andrew Steptoe
- David J. Porteous
- Rosemary R.C. McEachan
- Laurie Tomlinson
- Ben Goldacre
- Praveetha Patalay
- George B. Ploubidis
- Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi
- Kate Tilling
- Christopher T. Rentsch
- Nicholas J. Timpson
- Nishi Chaturvedi
- Claire J. Steves
Publication date
June 28, 2022
Summary:
The frequency of, and risk factors for, long COVID are unclear among community-based individuals with a history of COVID-19. To elucidate the burden and possible causes of long COVID in the community, we coordinated analyses of survey data from 6907 individuals with self-reported COVID-19 from 10 UK longitudinal study (LS) samples and 1.1 million individuals with COVID-19 diagnostic codes in electronic healthcare records (EHR) collected by spring 2021. Proportions of presumed COVID-19 cases in LS reporting any symptoms for 12+ weeks ranged from 7.8% and 17% (with 1.2 to 4.8% reporting debilitating symptoms). Increasing age, female sex, white ethnicity, poor pre-pandemic general and mental health, overweight/obesity, and asthma were associated with prolonged symptoms in both LS and EHR data, but findings for other factors, such as cardio-metabolic parameters, were inconclusive.
Published in
Nature Communications
Volume
Volume: 13:3528
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30836-0
ISSN
20411723
Subjects
Notes
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