Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of analysis cohort

From: Long COVID trajectories in the prospectively followed RECOVER-Adult US cohort

Characteristic

Level

Acute infected (n = 3280)

Crossover (n = 379)

Overall (n = 3659)

Sex assigned at birth

Female

2239 (69%)

280 (74%)

2519 (69%)

Male

1025 (31%)

98 (26%)

1123 (31%)

Intersex

3 (0%)

0 (0%)

3 (0%)

Missing

13

1

14

Age at first infection [years]

Median [IQR]

49 (36, 62)

54 (39, 64)

50 (36, 62)

Mean (SD)

49 (16)

52 (15)

50 (16)

18–39

1077 (33%)

104 (27%)

1181 (32%)

40–54

905 (28%)

98 (26%)

1003 (27%)

55+

1297 (40%)

177 (47%)

1474 (40%)

Missing

1

0

1

Race/ethnicitya

Non-Hispanic white

2012 (61%)

271 (72%)

2283 (62%)

Non-Hispanic black

454 (14%)

21 (6%)

475 (13%)

Non-Hispanic Asian

234 (7%)

27 (7%)

261 (7%)

Hispanic

407 (12%)

44 (12%)

451 (12%)

Multiracial/other/missing

173 (5%)

16 (4%)

189 (5%)

Referral type

Community outreach

717 (22%)

124 (33%)

841 (23%)

Public health department list

196 (6%)

9 (2%)

205 (6%)

Community health center

54 (2%)

2 (1%)

56 (2%)

Participant tested/treated in the health system

1538 (47%)

59 (16%)

1597 (44%)

Existing, prospectively followed COVID cohort

93 (3%)

6 (2%)

99 (3%)

Existing non-COVID research or clinical cohort

32 (1%)

13 (3%)

45 (1%)

Long COVID clinic

3 (0%)

1 (0%)

4 (0%)

Self-referral from the RECOVER website or other unsolicited self-referral

645 (20%)

165 (44%)

810 (22%)

Missing

2

0

2

Hospitalized during acute phase of first infection

Hospitalized during acute phase

81 (3%)

1 (0%)

82 (2%)

Missing

99

61

160

Era of first infection

Pre-Omicron (first SARS-CoV-2 infection before 12/1/2021)

15 (0%)

0 (0%)

15 (0%)

Omicron (first SARS-CoV-2 infection 12/1/2021 or later)

3265 (100%)

377 (100%)

3644 (100%)

  1. aRace/ethnicity was self-reported. Assignment into these mutually exclusive categories is described in the Supplementary Methods.