ArticleNutrients2024
The Long-Term Effect of COVID-19 Infection on Body Composition.
Article in Nutrients, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Increased Insulin Resistance and Hyperglycaemia in Long COVID: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Expert reviews in molecular medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Differential impact of COVID-19 on change in body composition in young and older individuals with diabetes in the post-COVID-19 Era.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2026Article
- Assessment of Bone Mineral Density, Total Body Composition and Joint Integrity in Long COVID: A 12-Month Longitudinal Feasibility Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Sex differences in inflammation and markers of gut integrity in long COVID.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Effect of COVID-19 on Arterial Stiffness and Inflammation: A Longitudinal Prospective Study.Viruses · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe effect of COVID-19 infection versus the indirect effect of the pandemic on body composition remains unclear. This study investigates the long-term changes in body composition in COVID-19 survivors compared to a contemporary control group.
methodThis is a prospective study involving adults who underwent a pre-pandemic whole-body DXA scan (DXA#1) between 2017 and 2019. Participants were asked to return for a repeat whole-body DXA scan (DXA#2) after the pandemic. Detailed data were collected including their medical and COVID-19 history. Inflammation markers and fasting lipids were measured. For those participants who experienced a COVID-19 infection between the two DXAs, DXA#2 was acquired at least one year after COVID-19 infection.
resultsOverall, 160 adults were enrolled; 32.5% females, 51.8% non-white, with mean age of 43.2 years. Half (
conclusionDuring the pandemic, both the COVID-19 survivors and the COVID-19-negative group exhibited increases in weight, total fat, and trunk fat, likely associated with pandemic-linked lifestyle modifications. However, only COVID-19 survivors displayed a decline in lean body mass over the same period, regardless of PASC symptoms.
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