Risk of long covid in patients with pre-existing chronic respiratory diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An estimated 10-30% of people with COVID-19 experience debilitating long-term symptoms or long covid. Underlying health conditions associated with chronic inflammation may increase the risk of long covid.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine whether long covid risk was altered by pre-existing asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adults. We identified studies by searching the PubMed and Embase databases from inception to 13 September 2024. We excluded studies that focused on children or defined long covid only in terms of respiratory symptoms. We used random-effects, restricted maximum likelihood models to analyse data pooled from 51 studies, which included 43 analyses of asthma and 30 analyses of COPD. The risk

SUBMITTER: Terry P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11784193 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature