Long COVID and its risk factors in migrants: a nationwide register study from Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many studies have found more severe COVID-19 outcomes in migrants and ethnic minorities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, while recent evidence also suggests higher risk of longer-term consequences. We studied the risk of a long COVID diagnosis among adult residents in Sweden, dependent on country of birth and accounting for known risk factors for long COVID.

Methods

We used linked Swedish administrative registers between March 1, 2020 and April 1, 2023, to estimate the risk of a long COVID diagnosis in the adult population that had a confirmed COVID-19 infection. Poisson regressions were used to calculate incidence rate ratios (IRR) of long COVID by country/region of birth. The contribution of sex, preexisting health status, disease severity, vaccination status,

SUBMITTER: Cederstrom A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11776292 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature