Risk factors for long Covid in adults identified

Patients with severe Covid-19 were more likely to develop long Covid, compared to those with milder symptoms. — TNS

Risk factors that can cause adult Covid-19 patients to suffer symptoms that linger for months or years, i.e. long Covid, have been identified in a study published in the Journal of Investigative Medicine.

The researchers from Mayo Clinic in the United States, surveyed more than 3,000 adults over the age of 18 who were treated via the multicentre hospital's virtual Covid-19 clinics in Florida, Arizona and Minnesota between March 2020 and March 2021.