Long COVID and health-related quality of life: a systematic review of immune, inflammatory, and metabolic markers
Dinara Turebekova, Bakhyt Kosherova, Zhaniya Dauletkaliyeva, Yelena Shayakhmetova, Alexandr Marchenko, Dmitriy Solyanov, Vaiva Hendrixson, Irina Kadyrova · 2026
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Dinara Turebekova and colleagues review links between blood markers and life quality in long COVID in a 2026 systematic review. Lasting symptoms drag down daily life, but the biology behind the loss is murky.
Searches of PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus gathered controlled studies, yielding ten papers with 1,078 patients and 768 healthy controls. Life quality fell hardest in physical function, energy, daily activity, and breathing comfort. Inflammation and vessel markers such as CRP, IL-6, and D-dimer were measured most often. Few studies tied markers to life quality directly, though inflammation and vessel dysfunction signals recurred. The authors call for uniform tools so future studies can compare cleanly.
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| CREATOR | Dinara Turebekova, Bakhyt Kosherova, Zhaniya Dauletkaliyeva, Yelena Shayakhmetova, Alexandr Marchenko, Dmitriy Solyanov, Vaiva Hendrixson, Irina Kadyrova |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47651 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |