Table 3

Factors associated with long COVID symptoms

Independent variables	Presence of long COVID symptoms
Independent variables	Nagelkerke R²	β	P value	OR	95% CI
Male gender	0.007	−0.364	0.006**	0.695	0.537 to 0.899
Age 30 years and below	0.003	0.237	0.079	1.26	0.973 to 1.65
Age 50 years and below	0.002	0.211	0.194	1.23	0.898 to 1.69
Living in the rural area	0.009	0.416	0.002**	1.51	1.16 to 1.98
Having mild COVID symptoms	0.001	0.105	0.397	1.11	0.872 to 1.41
Illiterate people	0.004	1.70	0.096	5.52	0.736 to 41.3
People with higher secondary education or less degree	0.002	0.164	0.173	1.17	0.931 to 1.49
Housewife and private Jobholders	0.014	0.485	0.0001***	1.62	1.27 to 2.07
Students	0.000	0.000	0.999	1.0	0.68 to 1.47
Frontline workers (health professionals and police)	0.045	0.1.23	0.0001***	0.290	0.206 to 0.407
Married people	0.000	0.015	0.931	1.01	0.727 to 1.41
People with comorbidities	0.007	0.365	0.009**	1.44	1.09 to 1.89
Smoker	0.010	0.509	0.001**	0.601	0.445 to 0.811
Positive Rh factor in blood group	0.006	−0.596	0.017*	0.551	0.338 to 0.898
Post COVID-19 Functional Status scale	0.061	0.14	0.0001***	0.319	0.137 to 0.745

Significant relationship values with a minimum of 5% margin of error are bolded and marked as * p<·05, ** p<·01, *** p<·001.