Risk factors for long COVID syndrome in postmenopausal women with previously reported diagnosis of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Long COVID-19 syndrome occurs in 10-20 % of people after a confirmed/probable SARS-COV-2 infection; new symptoms begin within three months of COVID-19 diagnosis and last > 8 weeks. Little is known about risk factors for long COVID, particularly in older people who are at greater risk of COVID complications.

Methods

Data are from Women's Health Initiative (WHI) postmenopausal women who completed COVID surveys that included questions on whether they had ever been diagnosed with COVID and length and nature of symptoms. Long COVID was classified using standard consensus criteria. Using WHI demographic and health data collected at study enrollment (1993-98) through the present day, machine learning identified the top 20 risk factors for long COVID. These variables were te

SUBMITTER: Neuhouser ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11405002 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature