Which patient groups are most at risk for long Covid?

There are a number of important long Covid risk factors from this critical paper.

Persistent symptoms for over 12 weeks, looking at a population of 486,149 adults in the United Kingdom.

Stand out risk factors

• Female

• Over 70 years

• Obesity (BMI >30)

• Socioeconomically more deprived

• History of smoking (ex or current)

• Fibromyalgia and COPD

Subramanian, A., Nirantharakumar, K., Hughes, S. et al. Symptoms and risk factors for long COVID in non-hospitalized adults. Nat Med (2022).