TY  -  JOUR
AU  -  Novelli, Federica
AU  -  Aloè, Teresita
AU  -  Puppo, Gianfranco
AU  -  Pinelli, Valentina
AU  -  Barisione, Emanuela
AU  -  Trucco, Elisa
AU  -  Costanzo, Roberta
AU  -  Covesnon, Maria Grazia
AU  -  Zoccali, Patrizia
AU  -  Serra, Maria
AU  -  Piroddi, Maria Grazia
AU  -  Scordamaglia, Francesca
AU  -  Venturi, Simonetta
AU  -  Ferrari, Marta
AU  -  Serafini, Antonella
T1  -  Gender, comorbidity and severity of COVID-19 as prognostic factors for different long COVID symptoms
PY  -  2025
Y1  -  2025-05-01
DO  -  10.1723/4533.45360
JO  -  Journal of Sex- and Gender-Specific Medicine
JA  -  J Sex Gender Specif Med
VL  -  11
IS  -  2
SP  -  111
EP  -  114
PB  -  Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore
SN  -  2974-8623
Y2  -  2026/04/04
UR  -  http://dx.doi.org/10.1723/4533.45360
N2  -  Summary. In this multicentre observational study, we investigated gender differences in long COVID and evaluated the predictive role of gender, age, comorbilities, and disease severity in the persistence of different long COVID symptoms in a cohort of 308 patients from the Ligurian region with previous symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Females showed higher prevalence of fatigue and problems in the quality of life (QoL) domains of usual activities, pain and anxiety/depression. The persistence of dyspnoea was associated with COVID-19 severity; the persistence of fatigue and impairments in the QoL domains of usual activities, pain, and anxiety/depression were associated with female gender; impairment in the mobility domain was associated with comorbidities. In conclusion, different factors are associated with distinct phenotypes of long COVID syndrome.
ER  -