Prevalence, risk factors and characterisation of individuals with #longCOVID using Electronic Health Records in over 1.5 million #COVID cases in England
https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453%2824%2900169-5/abstract
"Risk factors associated with long-COVID symptoms were female sex, non-white ethnicity, obesity, and pre-existing medical conditions like anxiety, depression, type II diabetes, and somatic symptom disorders."
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I'm not sure I would read too much into some of these findings. It looks like the study assumes a diagnosis of long COVID if someone had a cough or back pain or any of the 30 odd symptoms they associated with long COVID. Less than 10% of what the study counted as 'long COVID' actually had a diagnosis of long COVID by their doctor.
If you have a pre-existing condition, you're more likely to mention a cough or back pain etc. even though you're going to the doctor for a different reason.
