‘Long COVID’: persistent COVID-19 symptoms in survivors managed in Lagos State, Nigeria

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Logistic regression model demonstrating the odds of Persistent COVID-19 symptoms after discharge

Variables	OR (95% CI)	p-value	aOR (95% CI)	p-value
Age	1.01 (0.99, 1.03)	0.30	1.01 (0.99, 1.04)	0.38
Sex
Female	1 [reference]		1 [reference]
Male	0.63 (0.37, 1.07)	0.09	0.64 (0.37, 1.11)	0.11
Comorbidity
No comorbidities	1 [reference]		1 [reference]
1 comorbidity	0.78 (0.41, 1.50)	0.46	0.36 (0.07, 1.81)	0.22
2 comorbidities	7.57 (0.89, 64.03)	0.06	1.73 (0.08, 35.31)	0.72
No history of Hypertension	1 [reference]		1 [reference]
History of Hypertension	1.17 (0.59, 2.30)	0.65	1.89 (0.33, 10.84)	0.47
No history of Diabetes Mellitus	1 [reference]		1 [reference]
History of Diabetes Mellitus	3.93 (0.78, 19.88)	0.10	3.72 (0.38, 36.63)	0.26
^aInitial severity
Mild	1 [reference]		1 [reference]
Moderate	2.17 (1.30, 3.64)	0.003*	2.03 (1.19, 3.47)	0.009*
Severe	4.59 (0.86, 24.55)	0.08	3.77 (0.66, 21.35)	0.13

p-value < 0.05*. OR odds ratio, aOR adjusted odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, Model adjusted for age, sex, and presence of comorbid conditions. ^a Initial severity: Mild moderate and severe COVID-19 at time of initial diagnosis, excluding asymptomatic cases (n = 21). Multivariable logistic regression Model has p-value- < 0.009 and Pseudo R² of 5.9%

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