Sex Differences in Long COVID Prevalence Over One year After the Acute Phase, and Related Risk Factors. The GINA-COVID Cohort Study
Mar Alvarez-Pedrerol, Sara Polo-Alonso, Rafel Ramos, Ruth Martí-Lluch, Mel·lina Pinsach-Abuin, Irene R Dégano, Roberto Elosua, Isaac Subirana, Álvaro Hernáez, Elisabet Selga, Eulàlia Puigdecanet, Josefina Pruneda-Paz, Clàudia Solà-Richarte, Marta Puigmulé, Alexandra Pérez, Xavier Nogués, Joan Ramon · 2026
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Mar Alvarez-Pedrerol and co-authors track long COVID a year after infection in a Spanish cohort, comparing women and men, in this 2026 study. Long COVID, where symptoms linger long past the acute illness, affects people unevenly. The cohort held nearly twenty-seven hundred patients who reported lasting symptoms in an open survey a year after falling sick. The team logged when symptoms began, how long they ran, and what recovery looked like.
Their aim was to measure how common long COVID stayed at one year, split by sex, and to find the traits tied to it. They also weighed its link to having been hospitalized during the acute phase. Sex gaps in lingering illness matter for follow-up care, since clinics may need to watch one group more closely. The cohort's size gives those comparisons real weight.
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| CREATOR | Mar Alvarez-Pedrerol, Sara Polo-Alonso, Rafel Ramos, Ruth Martí-Lluch, Mel·lina Pinsach-Abuin, Irene R Dégano, Roberto Elosua, Isaac Subirana, Álvaro Hernáez, Elisabet Selga, Eulàlia Puigdecanet, Josefina Pruneda-Paz, Clàudia Solà-Richarte, Marta Puigmulé, Alexandra Pérez, Xavier Nogués, Joan Ramon |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |