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. 2025 Apr 19;25:1458. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-22208-2

Table 5.

Disability according to grouped symptoms stratified by tertile of time after the acute phase of infection

Variables BADL IADL
1st tertile 2nd tertile 3rd tertile 1st tertile 2nd tertile 3rd tertile
PR (CI95%) PR (CI95%) PR (CI95%) PR (CI95%) PR (CI95%) PR (CI95%)
Respiratory 1,89 (0,87;4,09) 1,94 (0,77;4,86) 1,78 (0,87;3,62) 2,57 (1,48;4,46) 2,03 (1,04;3,98) 1,31 (0,76;2,28)
Musculoskeletal 1,48 (0,61;3,57) 2,39 (1,18;4,84) 1,06 (0,50;2,26) 0,96 (0,61;1,52) 1,84 (1,02;3,34) 0,92 (0,52;1,63)
Neurological 0,55 (0,20;1,50) 1,48 (0,63;3,47) 1,06 (0,50;2,26) 1,66 (0,94;2,92) 1,06 (0,51;2,23) 1,19 (0,67;2,12)
Sensory 0,42 (0,10;1,76) 1,77 (0,69;4,53) 0,68 (0,22;2,12) 2,04 (1,16;3,61) 2,00 (1,00;4,04) 0,66 (0,28;1,53)
Long covid
Without symptom Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
One symptom 1,34 (0,46;3,94) 1,01 (0,25;4,13) 0,41 (0,05;3,15) 1,92 (0,80;4,58) 0,99 (0,30;3,26) 0,98 (0,37;2,58)
Two symptoms 1,39 (0,40;4,79) 0,88 (0,30;2,53) 0,93 (0,28;3,16) 1,64 (0,61;4,46) 1,48 (0,68;3,23) 0,92 (0,37;2,29)
Three or more symptoms 0,95 (0,35;2,53) 2,45 (1,05;5,69) 1,07 (0,50;2,32) 2,77 (1,41;5,42) 2,17 (0,97;4,90) 0,88 (0,48;1,64)

BADL: Basic Activities of Daily Living. IADL: Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. Adjusted for: sex, age, income, hospitalization and morbidity. 1st tertile: 90 to 175 days; 2nd tertile: 176 to 217 days and 3rd tertile: 218 to 277 days