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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: Int Immunopharmacol. 2023 Oct 5;124(Pt B):110966. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.110966

Table 2.

Characteristics and symptom changes in patients with PASC receiving Low Dose Naltrexone (0.5–6 mg) by the duration of infection.

>=365 days <365 days P-value
Cases 28 (47.5%) 31 (52.5%)
Number of symptoms at baseline 14.5 [9, 16.25], 13.107* 14 [8.5, 15.5], 13.032 0.790
Days since infection 514 [469, 615], 533 273 [146, 329], 244
Age 44 [33, 54.25], 44.89 50 [35, 60.5], 48.58 0.425
Female 22 (78.6%) 18 (58.1%) 0.105
Days on LDN** 133 [70, 162], 137 168 [86, 343], 217 0.083
Change in number of symptoms −1 [−4, 0], −1.46 −2 [−4.5, 0], −2.74 0.368
Change in Fatigue −1 [−1, 0], −0.61 0 [−1.5, 1], −0.52 0.495
Change in Brain fog 0 [−1,0.25], −0.29 0 [−1, 0], −0.42 0.729
Change in Post exertional malaise *** 0 [−1, 0], −0.43 0 [−1.5, 0], −0.81 0.789
Change in Unrefreshing sleep 0 [−2, 0], −0.82 0 [−1.5, 0.5], −0.45 0.351
Change Abnormal sleep pattern −1 [−2.25, 0], −0.86 0 [−2, 0], −0.58 0.695
Change in Headache −0.5 [−1, 0], −0.39 0 [−1, 1], 0.000 0.333
Change in Lightheadedness 0 [0, 0.25], 0.00 0 [−1, 0.5], −0.42 0.393
*

Median [inter-quartiles] mean;

**

Low Dose Naltrexone;

***

Post Exertional Mala