1. Prevalence of Covid-19 sequelae in the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2020.
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Vidaña-Pérez, Dèsirée, López-Olmedo, Nancy, González-Morales, Romina, Shamah-Levy, Teresa, and Barrientos-Gutiérrez, Tonatiuh
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COVID-19 , *NUTRITION surveys , *HEALTH surveys , *DISEASE complications , *SARS-CoV-2 - Abstract
Objective. To estimate the prevalence of Covid-19 sequelae and its association with sociodemographic and medical care characteristics. Materials and methods. Mexican adults that experienced Covid-19 symptoms and were seropositive to the N-protein of Sars-CoV-2 in the Ensanut 2020 responded to a question regarding sequelae. Associations were estimated using Poisson regression. Results. The prevalence of sequelae was 15.7%, being higher for people with higher education and who were hospitalized or treated at an emergency room during the acute Covid-19 phase. Conclusions. Self-reported sequelae associated to Covid-19 was frequent. Covid-19 sequelae could represent an important challenge for the health system and the Mexican society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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