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. 2025 Mar 21;16:1500997. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1500997

Table 2.

COVID-19 infection, symptoms, and functional tests during post-COVID condition.

Clinical information on COVID-19 infection and post covid 19 condition PCC Recovered Healthy p-value
S-CV19N-Ab positive 16 (32%) 18 (32.7%) 13 (21.3%) 0.3
Confirmed hospitalization during acute COVID-19 N (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
PCC symptom duration (years) Mean (SD) 0.9 (0.5) NaN (NA) NaN (NA)
Time between sampling and positive PCR test (days) Mean (SD) 363.6 (146.6) 337.6 (129.5) NaN (NA) 0.7
Dominant hand grip strength (kg) Mean (SD) 35 (7.5) 35 (9.7) 33.1 (10.2) 0.08
6MWT distance (m) Mean (SD) 396.2 (82.7) 647.6 (75.4) 607.2 (59.2) <.001
Weekly rigorous exercise N (%) 5 (19.2) 43 (76.8) 41 (66.1) <.001
0–10 Functional ability Mean (SD) 4.5 (1.9) 8.9 (0.9) 8.7 (1.3) <.001
0–10 Quality of life Mean (SD) 5.1 (1.8) 8.8 (0.9) 8.5 (1.6) <.001