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Risk of Long Covid in people infected with SARS-CoV-2 after two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine: community-based, matched cohort study
Daniel Ayoubkhani; Matthew L Bosworth; Sasha King; Koen B Pouwels; Myer Glickman; Vahe Nafilyan; Francesco Zaccardi; Kamlesh Khunti; Nisreen A Alwan; Ann Sarah Walker.
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  • Daniel Ayoubkhani; Office for National Statistics
  • Matthew L Bosworth; Office for National Statistics
  • Sasha King; Office for National Statistics
  • Koen B Pouwels; University of Oxford
  • Myer Glickman; Office for National Statistics
  • Vahe Nafilyan; Office for National Statistics
  • Francesco Zaccardi; University of Leicester
  • Kamlesh Khunti; University of Leicester
  • Nisreen A Alwan; University of Southampton
  • Ann Sarah Walker; University of Oxford
Preprint en En | PREPRINT-MEDRXIV | ID: ppmedrxiv-22271388
ABSTRACT
BackgroundIt is unclear whether receiving two COVID-19 vaccinations before SARS-CoV-2 infection reduces the risk of developing Long Covid symptoms. We examined whether the likelihood of symptoms 12 weeks after infection differed by vaccination status. MethodsWe included COVID-19 Infection Survey participants aged 18-69 years who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 between 26 April 2020 and 30 November 2021; we excluded participants who, before their first test-confirmed infection, had suspected COVID-19 or Long Covid symptoms, or were single-vaccinated. Participants who were double-vaccinated [≥]14 days before infection were 11 propensity-score matched, based on socio-demographic characteristics and time from infection to follow-up for Long Covid, to those unvaccinated at time of infection. We estimated adjusted odds ratios (aOR) of Long Covid symptoms [≥]12 weeks post-infection, comparing double-vaccinated with unvaccinated (reference group) participants. ResultsThe study sample comprised 3,090 double-vaccinated participants (mean age 49 years, 54% female, 92% white, median follow-up from infection 96 days) and matched control participants. Long Covid symptoms were reported by 294 double-vaccinated participants (prevalence 9.5%) compared with 452 unvaccinated participants (14.6%), corresponding to an aOR for Long Covid symptoms of 0.59 (95% CI 0.50 to 0.69). There was no evidence of heterogeneity by adenovirus vector versus messenger ribonucleic acid vaccines (p=0.25). ConclusionsCOVID-19 vaccination is associated with reduced risk of Long Covid, emphasising the need for public health initiatives to increase population-level vaccine uptake. Longer follow-up is needed, as is the assessment of further vaccine doses and the Omicron variant.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 09-preprints Base de datos: PREPRINT-MEDRXIV Tipo de estudio: Cohort_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Preprint
Texto completo: 1 Colección: 09-preprints Base de datos: PREPRINT-MEDRXIV Tipo de estudio: Cohort_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Preprint