Ethnic and racial differences in children and young people with respiratory and neurological post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2: an electronic health record-based cohort study from the RECOVER Initiative

• Published in: EClinicalMedicine 2025-02, Vol.80, p.103042, Article 103042
• Main Authors: Cowell, Lindsay G., Mirhaji, Parsa, Morizono, Hiroki, Deshpande, Nita, Guthrie, Timothy, Hobart-Porter, Laura, Krehbiel, Hannah, Elliott, Amy, Johnson-Vonk, Emily, Lang, Jennifer, Seiler, Jessica, Svendsen, Joshua, Young, Scott, Fahrner, Marie-Christine, Vivensi Stiverson, Sarah, Siu, Andrea, Nguyen, Connie, Roman, Genesis, Allen, Tracey, Brown, John, Dragg, Amber, Jones, Lisa, Kaiser, Victoria, Leonhard, Robert, Lloyd, Angrielle, Sanford, Connor, Thomassie, Amy, Dasgupta, Soham, Kadish, Matthew, Workman, Charlotte, Osornio, Alisha, Teame, Ariana, Stockwell, Melissa, Berg, Elizabeth, DiLorenzo, Michael, Farooqi, Kanwal, Fremed, Michael, Goldman, Sylvie, Krishnan, Usha, Olson, Lynn, Bean, Emily, Manning, Brian, Shields, Joel, Westfall, Jack, Bukulmez, Hulya, Fortuna, Suzanne, Ahmed, Amal, Braniecki, Suzanne, Contreras, Montserrat, Singh, Aalok, Akshoomoff, Natacha, Arroyo, Maria, Chao, Bryant Y., Garcia, Sonia, Herrera, Trinidad, Holguin, Margarita, Reyes, Sofia, Sanchez, Cinthia E., Rider, Amy, Stein, Cheryl R., Farkas, Jonathan S., D'Sa, Viren, Cummins, Caroline, Gonzalez, Raul, Aupperle, Robin, Espinoza, Abby, Hill, Anthony, Badilla, Paola, Conley, Jennifer, Schroeder, Aaron, Spallina, Samantha, Potter, Alexandra, Eyob, Lozan, Hayes, Kerri, Joyce, Melissa, Kazlova, Valentina, Mbizdenyuy, Devine, Baker, Annette, Oster, Matt, Almasnaah, Aiman, Spencer, Priya, Weber, Amanda, Elias, Matthew, Harahsheh, Ashraf S., Britton, Jordyn, Lang, Sean, Russell, Mark, Hasbani, Keren, Chrisant, Maryanne, Barton, Norma, Katz, Danielle, Mack, Elizabeth, Sanchez, Chantal, Williams, Ed, Zadokar, Varsha, Stack, Samantha, Truong, Dongngan, Dunn, Andrea, Dummer, Kirsten, Morato, Jemylle
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Chronic COVID-19 syndrome; Ethnicity; Late sequelae of COVID-19; Long COVID; Long-haul COVID; Long-term COVID-19; PCORnet; PEDSnet; Post-acute COVID-19; Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection; Post-COVID condition; Post-COVID syndrome; Race; Social determinants of health
• ISSN: 2589-5370; 2589-5370
• DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.103042

Children from racial and ethnic minority groups are at greater risk for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, but it is unclear whether they have increased risk for post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC). Our objectives were to assess whether the risk of respiratory and neurologic PASC differs by race/ethnicity and social drivers of health. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of individuals