Jelle M Blankestijn, Mahmoud I Abdel-Aziz, Nadia Baalbaki, Somayeh Bazdar, Inés Beekers, Rosanne J H C G Beijers, Lizan D Bloemsma, Merel E B Cornelissen, Debbie Gach, Laura Houweling, Sebastiaan Holverda, John J L Jacobs, Reneé Jonker, Ivo van der Lee, Paulien M A Linders, Firdaus A A Mohamed Hoesein, Lieke C E Noij, Esther J Nossent, Marianne A van de Pol, Daphne W Schaminee, Annemie M W J Schols, Lisanne T Schuurman, Brigitte Sondermeijer, J J Miranda Geelhoed, Joop P van den Bergh, Els J M Weersink, Yolanda de Wit-van Wijck, Anke H Maitland-van der Zee
BACKGROUND: Four months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, 22%-50% of COVID-19 patients still experience complaints. Long COVID is a heterogeneous disease and finding subtypes could aid in optimising and developing treatment for the individual patient. METHODS: Data were collected from 95 patients in the P4O2 COVID-19 cohort at 3-6 months after infection. Unsupervised hierarchical clustering was performed on patient characteristics, characteristics from acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, long COVID symptom data, lung function and questionnaires describing the impact and severity of long COVID...
April 24, 2024: BMJ Open Respiratory Research