Long Covid: Risk factors may include increased BMI, poor mental health and asthma

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“We need to further explore what makes people with overweight and obesity at risk of worse outcomes and how this relates to severe cases.”

Similar research conducted by King’s College London earlier this year identified other health conditions linked to complications from Covid.

The examination of anonymised data from 1.2 million primary health records, involving more than 45,000 participants, found two other pre-existing health conditions significantly increase the likelihood of long Covid.

It revealed that pre-existing poor mental health increased the likelihood of reporting Long Covid by 50 percent, while asthma was associated with a 32 percent increase.

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