Table 2.
Pre-existing conditions by PASC Status.
| Pre-existing Condition | PASC-(n = 706) |
PASC+ (n = 518) |
P-value |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Respiratory | |||||
| Asthma | 83 | 11.8 | 90 | 17.4 | 0.005 |
| Bronchitis or Emphysema | 2 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.42 |
| COPD | 10 | 1.4 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.69 |
| Cardiovascular | |||||
| Myocardial Infarction | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.70 |
| Heart Disease such as Angina | 7 | 1.0 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.78 |
| Congestive Heart Failure | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.04 |
| Stroke | 5 | 0.7 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.90 |
| High Blood Pressure | 119 | 16.9 | 101 | 19.5 | 0.23 |
| High Cholesterol | 109 | 15.4 | 85 | 16.4 | 0.65 |
| Other cardiac/heart disease | 22 | 3.1 | 18 | 3.5 | 0.73 |
| Gastrointestinal | |||||
| Liver Disease | 3 | 0.4 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.25 |
| Ulcerative Colitis | 2 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.42 |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome | 31 | 4.4 | 39 | 7.5 | 0.02 |
| Chronic Diarrhea | 4 | 0.6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.42 |
| Chronic Constipation | 3 | 0.4 | 11 | 2.1 | 0.006 |
| Colitis | 2 | 0.3 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.06 |
| Reflux | 46 | 6.5 | 56 | 10.8 | 0.007 |
| Diabetes | |||||
| Diabetes | 32 | 4.5 | 29 | 5.6 | 0.40 |
| Pre-Diabetes | 32 | 4.5 | 35 | 6.8 | 0.09 |
| Gestational Diabetes | 6 | 0.8 | 11 | 2.1 | – |
| Autoimmune | |||||
| Systemic lupus erythematosus | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.009 |
| Multiple Sclerosis | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.39 |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis | 4 | 0.6 | 13 | 2.5 | 0.004 |
| Other Conditions | |||||
| Kidney Disease | 6 | 0.8 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.88 |
| Seasonal Allergies | 244 | 34.6 | 238 | 45.9 | 0.00 |
| Valley Fever | 6 | 0.8 | 10 | 1.9 | 0.10 |
| Cancer | 56 | 7.9 | 47 | 9.1 | 0.47 |
| Thyroid Disease | 70 | 9.9 | 76 | 14.7 | 0.01 |
| Depression/Anxiety | 56 | 7.9 | 71 | 13.7 | 0.001 |
| Other Arthritis | 43 | 6.1 | 45 | 8.7 | 0.08 |