Pre-existing comorbidities and hospitalization for COVID-19 are associated with post-COVID conditions in the U.S. veteran population
Veterans with pre-existing COPD or those hospitalized at the time of COVID-19 (indicating disease severity) are at higher risk of receiving a PCC diagnosis.
Authors
- Jayant P. Agarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1209-6703)
- A Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6286-2974)
- Gregory J. Stoddard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6292-276X)
- Wei Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4406-1094)
- Sujee Jeyapalina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2199-7191)
Institutions
- University of Utah (US)
- George E. Wahlen Department of VA Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-01057-5
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Gilead Sciences
- National Institutes of Health
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences