Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid-19

Re:Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covi... by fighterpilot on Sunday August 22, 2021 @12:31PM (#28266856)

Nope.

These are deficits and not declines. Which is problematic because people that get more severe Covid also tend to be obese, older, and have preexisting conditions. These are clear confounders which haven't been controlled for in this study. These confounders are all correlated with lower IQ as well as Covid severity.

There's good evidence for long Covid, but this isn't it.

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Re:Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covi... by vghjfhg on Sunday August 22, 2021 @12:38PM (#28266919)

>People who had recovered from COVID-19, including those no longer reporting symptoms, exhibited significant cognitive deficits versus controls when controlling for age, gender, education level, income, racial-ethnic group, pre-existing medical disorders, tiredness, depression and anxiety.

Maybe obesity isn't controlled for.

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Re:Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covi... by fighterpilot on Sunday August 22, 2021 @01:09PM (#28267312)

"Regression of the same linear model with respiratory severity as the predictor indicated that people who were ill would on average be expected to have marginally higher as opposed to lower cognitive performance."

Doesn't this show no effect after controlling for confounders?

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Re:Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covi... by vghjfhg on Sunday August 22, 2021 @04:34PM (#28269346)

I was just pointing out an obvious contradiction. I don't really have a clue. Maybe somebody else can elucidate.

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