Table 2.
Health and COVID-19 clinical conditions of participants according to the diagnosis of Long COVID.
| Characteristics | Long COVID | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No (n = 199) | Yes (n = 191) | Total (n = 390) | |
| Self-reported health conditions | |||
| Obesity | 11.6 | 15.2 | 13.3 |
| Hypertension* | 7.5 | 15.7 | 11.5 |
| Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 2 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Dyslipidemias | 45.7 | 47.6 | 46.7 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 16.1 | 19.9 | 18 |
| Hypertriglyceridemia | 9.1 | 12 | 10.5 |
| High blood levels of LDL-c | 12.1 | 10 | 11 |
| Low blood levels of HDL-c | 28.6 | 24.1 | 26.4 |
| Asthma | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.2 |
| Bronchitis | 6 | 7.9 | 6.9 |
| COVID-19 clinical conditions | |||
| Number of infections | |||
| 1 | 88.9 | 86.4 | 87.7 |
| 2 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| 3 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 1.8 |
| Waves of the infection* | |||
| First | 13.1 | 17.3 | 15.1 |
| Second | 29.1 | 38.7 | 33.9 |
| Third | 57.8 | 43 | 51 |
| Did some COVID-19 test | 94.5 | 93.7 | 94.1 |
| Symptoms* | 92.4 | 98.4 | 95.4 |
| Respiratory* | 50.8 | 66 | 58.2 |
| Fatigue* | 46.7 | 68.6 | 57.4 |
| Body temperature* | 44.2 | 58.1 | 51 |
| Headache* | 37.2 | 64.9 | 50.8 |
| Sore throat | 45.7 | 49.2 | 47.4 |
| Muscle pain* | 36.7 | 58.6 | 47.4 |
| Gastrointestinal | 17.1 | 38.7 | 27.7 |
| Number of symptoms* | |||
| 0 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 4.6 |
| 1 to 2 | 25.3 | 12.6 | 19 |
| ≥ 3 | 67.2 | 85.9 | 76.4 |
| Searched for health care* | 62 | 72.9 | 67.5 |
| Hospitalization (n = 8) | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 1 to 7 days | 100 | 80.8 | 85.7 |
| 8 to 23 days | 0 | 9.2 | 14.3 |
| Procedures during hospitalization | 0 | 40 | 25 |
| Oxygen by nasal catheter | 0 | 40 | 25 |
| Doses of vaccine | |||
| 0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 1 to 2 | 9.6 | 12.6 | 11 |
| ≥ 3 | 88.9 | 85.9 | 87.4 |
CUME Study, 2016–2022. Data presented as percentage or medium (standard deviation).
*p-value < 0.05 by Pearson’s chi-square test.