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. 2021 Nov 11;8(1):e001041. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2021-001041

Table 3.

Multivariable logistic regression analysis showing symptoms associated with ability to return to work full time and ≥75% functional recovery at first assessment of 1325 individuals referred to the post-COVID-19 assessment clinic

Return to work full time (n=1028) ≥75% functional recovery (n=1325)
Covariate Multivariable OR (95% CI) P value Covariate Multivariable OR (95% CI) P value
Hospitalised
Age 0.97 (0.95 to 0.99) 0.008 Age 1.01 (1.00 to 1.03) 0.019
Male gender 1.88 (1.33 to 2.67) <0.001 Male gender 2.58 (1.94 to 3.42) <0.001
Brain fog 0.13 (0.03 to 0.58) 0.008 Postural symptoms 0.05 (0.01 to 0.46) 0.007
Chest pain 0.28 (0.13 to 0.60) 0.001 Chest pain 0.43 (0.25 to 0.74) 0.002
Fatigue 0.29 (0.17 to 0.52) <0.001 Fatigue 0.47 (0.33 to 0.68) <0.001
Breathlessness 0.54 (0.33 to 0.90) 0.019 Arthralgia 2.69 (1.22 to 5.92) 0.014
Arthralgia 2.55 (1.01 to 6.42) 0.048
Headache 2.75 (1.04 to 7.25) 0.041
Non-hospitalised
Age 0.98 (0.96 to 0.99) 0.008 Age 1.02 (1.00 to 1.04) 0.018
Male gender 1.20 (0.84 to 1.74) 0.319 Male gender 1.44 (0.99 to 2.09) 0.058
Brain fog 0.54 (0.35 to 0.86) 0.008 Postural symptoms 0.08 (0.02 to 0.32) <0.001
Headache 0.64 (0.42 to 0.97) 0.034 Fatigue 0.49 (0.35 to 0.68) <0.001
Fatigue 0.67 (0.5 to 0.92) 0.012 Myalgia 0.49 (0.30 to 0.81) 0.005
Brain fog 0.53 (0.31 to 0.89) 0.017
Emergency department
Age 0.98 (0.95 to 1.01) 0.155 Age 1.01 (0.99 to 1.04) 0.266
Male gender 1.79 (1.04 to 3.10) 0.037 Male gender 2.98 (1.78 to 4.98) <0.001
Breathlessness 0.25 (0.13 to 0.48) <0.001 Brain fog 0.29 (0.1 to 0.85) 0.025
Myalgia 0.26 (0.09 to 0.75) 0.013 Fatigue 0.40 (0.24 to 0.67) 0.001
Cough 2.71 (1.28 to 5.74) 0.009
Arthralgia 3.92 (1.12 to 13.77) 0.033