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Volume 30, Number 7—July 2024
Research

Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Post–COVID-19 Condition during Omicron BA.5–Dominant Wave, Japan

Arisa IbaComments to Author , Mariko Hosozawa, Miyuki Hori, Yoko Muto, Isao Muraki, Rie Masuda, Nanako Tamiya, and Hiroyasu Iso
Author affiliations: National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (A. Iba, M. Hosozawa, M. Hori, Y. Muto, H. Iso); Osaka University, Osaka, Japan (I. Muraki); University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (R. Masuda, N. Tamiya)

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Table 1

Response rates of persons in study of prevalence and risk factors for post–COVID-19 condition during BA.5 Omicron-dominant wave, Japan*

Age group, y Infected persons
Noninfected persons
Difference in response rates (95% CI)
HER-SYS† No. participants No. responses Response rate, % BRRS‡ No. participants No. responses Response rate, %
Male patients
20–29 3,404 2,979 611 20.5 3,404 2,979 574 19.3 1.2 (–3.3 to 5.7)
30–39 3,806 3,328 1,120 33.7 3,806 3,328 896 26.9 6.8 (2.8–10.8)
40–49 3,461 3,058 1,061 34.7 3,461 3,058 943 30.8 3.9 (–0.2 to 8.0)
50–59 2,586 2,243 923 41.2 2,586 2,243 636 28.4 12.8 (8.1–17.5)
60–69 1,152 1,024 413 40.3 1,152 1,024 326 31.8 8.5 (1.6–15.4)
Subtotal
14,409
12,632
4,129
32.7

14,409
12,632
3,375
26.7

6.0 (3.9–8.1)
Female patients
20–29 3,682 3,218 960 29.8 3,682 3,218 912 28.3 1.5 (–2.6 to 5.6)
30–39 4,028 3,582 1,565 43.7 4,028 3,582 1,491 41.6 2.1 (–1.4 to 5.6)
40–49 3,671 3,313 1,554 46.9 3,671 3,313 1,423 43.0 3.9 (3.2–7.5)
50–59 2,386 2,166 971 44.8 2,386 2,166 884 40.8 4.0 (–0.5 to 8.5)
60–69 1,100 1,000 402 40.2 1,100 1,000 333 33.3 6.9 (–0.1 to 13.9)
Subtotal
14,867
13,279
5,456
41.1

14,867
13,279
5,047
38.0

3.1 (1.2–5.0)
Total 29,276 25,911 9,668 37.3 29,276 25,911 8,515 32.9 4.4 (3.0–5.8)

*BRRS, Basic Resident Registration system; HER-SYS, Health Center Real-Time Information-Sharing System. †Numbers of SARS-CoV-2–infected persons extracted from the HER-SYS database. ‡Numbers of age- and sex-adjusted noninfected persons extracted from the Basic Resident Registration system database.

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