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August 1, 2025Health Science ReportsOpen Access

Association Between Acute COVID‐19 Infection and Long COVID in a Non‐Hospitalized Population: A Retrospective Case‐Control Study

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NENicolás EscriváLMLaura Moreno‐GalarragaEBElena Barado

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Overview

Retrospective case-control study shows increased long COVID risk in non-hospitalized individuals with severe symptoms, indicating follow-up is vital.

Key Points

  • Each additional acute symptom increases the odds of long COVID by 52%, highlighting symptom burden risk.
  • Severe acute COVID-19 is linked with a higher likelihood of long COVID development, adjusted OR = 7.22.
  • Retrospective case-control study conducted with 434 participants to determine long COVID associations.
  • Findings suggest that early identification of severe acute symptoms can aid in follow-up care for potential long COVID.

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Escrivá et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af31efcf1dd9ea359e848ahttps://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.71043
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