Persistent symptoms are associated with long term effects of COVID-19 among children and young people: Results from a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled studies

• Sanaz Behnood ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ SB and FN share joint first authors on this work. RS, OVS and AT are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Fiona Newlands ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fiona.newlands.18@ucl.ac.uk

  ¶‡ SB and FN share joint first authors on this work. RS, OVS and AT are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3078-7281

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• Lauren O’Mahoney,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

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• Mahta Haghighat Ghahfarokhi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Kings College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Mohammed Z. Muhid,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Jake Dudley,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9857-9285

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• Terence Stephenson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

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• Shamez N. Ladhani,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Immunisation Department, MRCPCH(UK), UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom

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• Sophie Bennett,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

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• Russell M. Viner,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

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• Rowan Bhopal,

  Roles Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

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• Paige Kolasinska,

  Roles Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

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• Roz Shafran ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ SB and FN share joint first authors on this work. RS, OVS and AT are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

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• Olivia V. Swann ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ SB and FN share joint first authors on this work. RS, OVS and AT are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Child Life and Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Centre for Medical Informatics, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7386-2849

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• Andrea Takeda

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ SB and FN share joint first authors on this work. RS, OVS and AT are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Freelance Systematic Reviewer, Winchester, United Kingdom

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