Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Persistent COVID-19 symptoms in a community study of 606,434 people in England

  • Matthew Whitaker,
  • Joshua Elliott,
  • Marc Chadeau-Hyam,
  • Steven Riley,
  • Ara Darzi,
  • Graham Cooke,
  • Helen Ward,
  • Paul Elliott

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29521-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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This study characterises Long COVID using data from the REACT-2 community-based study in England. It estimates that 38% (in autumn/winter 2020/21) and 22% (in spring 2021) of people reported at least one symptom 12 weeks after symptom onset; identifies risk factors for persistent symptoms; and finds evidence of symptom clustering.