Table 4 Hypothetical examples of predicted risk of long COVID 3 months after a PCR test, using our prediction model
From: Predictive model for long COVID in children 3 months after a SARS-CoV-2 PCR test
Characteristic | Examples | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
SARS-CoV-2 status | Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative |
Sex | Female | Female | Male | Male | Female | Female |
Age (years) | 17 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 17 |
Ethnicity | White | White | White | White | White | White |
Self-rated physical health | Okay | Okay | Okay | Okay | Good | Good |
Self-rated mental health | Okay | Okay | Okay | Okay | Good | Good |
Loneliness | Some of the time | Some of the time | Some of the time | Some of the time | Hardly ever | Hardly ever |
Number of symptoms at time of testing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Problems looking after myself | No problems | No problems | No problems | No problems | No problems | No problems |
Problems doing usual activities | No problems | No problems | No problems | No problems | No problems | No problems |
Having pain | No problems | No problems | No problems | No problems | No problems | No problems |
Feeling worried/sad | A bit worried | A bit worried | A bit worried | A bit worried | No problems | No problems |
Predicted risk of long COVID | 0.342 | 0.217 | 0.241 | 0.189 | 0.076 | 0.030 |