Table 2.

Most Bothersome Persistent Symptoms, Stratified by Pre-COVID Comorbid Conditions and Severity of Acute COVID-19 Infection

	All	Pre-COVID comorbid conditions			Severity of acute COVID-19 illness
	(n=530)	Cardio-pulmonary (n=320)	Non-cardiopulmonary (n=90)	None (n=120)	Mechanical ventilation (n=81)	No mechanical ventilation (n=376)	Discharged from ED (n=73)
Brain fog	20 (3.8%)	11 (3.4%)	1 (1.1%)	8 (6.7%)	3 (3.7%)	13 (3.5%)	4 (5.5%)
Cough	10 (1.9%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.3%)	1 (1.2%)	7 (1.9%)	2 (2.7%)
Shortness of breath	55 (10.4%)	34 (10.6%)	9 (10.0%)	12 (10.0%)	10 (12.3%)	36 (9.6%)	9 (12.3%)
Neuropathy	27 (5.1%)	17 (5.3%)	7 (7.8%)	3 (2.5%)	17 (21.0%)	9 (2.4%)	1 (1.4%)
Headache	6 (1.1%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (1.1%)	1 (0.8%)	2 (2.5%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)
Muscle aches	16 (3.0%)	9 (2.8%)	3 (3.3%)	4 (3.3%)	2 (2.5%)	12 (3.2%)	2 (2.7%)
Diarrhea	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (1.4%)
Chest pain	7 (1.3%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	2 (2.5%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (2.7%)
Abdominal pain	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)
Loss of smell/taste	8 (1.5%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	2 (2.7%)
Fatigue	29 (5.5%)	19 (5.9%)	3 (3.3%)	7 (5.8%)	3 (3.7%)	23 (6.1%)	3 (4.1%)
Other	47 (8.9%)	32 (10.0%)	6 (6.7%)	9 (7.5%)	13 (16.0%)	29 (7.7%)	5 (6.8%)