Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of older people with diabetes affected by COVID-19 and long COVID treated at the Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto geriatrics service between 2020 and 2022, Belem, Pará, Brazil.

Clinical characteristics			Participants, n (%)
Symptoms of COVID-19 (n=26)
	Fever	17 (65)
	Loss of taste	16 (62)
	Dyspnea	15 (58)
	Loss of sense of smell	14 (54)
	Myalgia	10 (38)
	Fatigue	3 (12)
	Anorexia	2 (8)
	Dry cough	5 (19)
	Dizziness	2 (8)
	Vomiting	2 (8)
	Headache	1 (4)
	Coryza	1 (4)
Symptoms of long COVID (n=16)
	Fatigue and/or muscle weakness	5 (31)
	Myalgia	5 (31)
	Alopecia	2 (13)
	Persistent Fever	2 (13)
	Anorexia	1 (6)
	Dyspnea	1 (6)