The risk for Long COVID is twice the rate for women than it is for men.
The report from UW’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, compiled studies worldwide to find that more than 63% of Long COVID cases of 3-months or more were in women.
Symptoms include fatigue and pain, respiratory issues, mood swings and cognitive problems.
IHME’s models to calculate the risk of developing Long COVID symptoms show that in women over age 20, that risk rate was 9.9% versus 4.8% for men over 20.
The modelers say some of the data suggests most cases resolve themselves, but they say more study beyond 12-months is needed.
They hope it will inform policy makers so that adequate services are provided to help people get back to normal lives.
There’s much more to IHME’s report, so you can read about it here.
