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Published August 27, 2021
The most common of these symptoms were fatigue and muscle weakness, which affected 52% of patients after six months, and 20% after a year. 

Women were more likely to suffer from fatigue and weakness, as were people of both sexes who had been treated with corticosteroids to reduce inflammation during their Covid-19 hospitalization.

A third of patients, too, reported having respiratory problems a year after their initial illness, especially shortness of breath—a higher percentage than after six months after the visit, when about a fourth of them did. The study also measured lung capacity, beyond perceived shortness of breath, finding that after a year 20% to 30% of the patients who had been moderately ill, and 54% of those who had been gravely ill, still hadn’t gained back full lung capacity.

Pain and discomfort were also still pretty common among long Covid-19 patients: 29% of them reported the symptoms after a year, slightly more than the 26% that reported them after six months.

https://qz.com/2052244/a-chinese-study-f...12-months/