Impact of COVID-19 on the signs of human ageing

  • Anatoly Pisaruk D.F. Chebotarev Institute of Gerontology NAMS of Ukraine
  • Natalya Koshel D.F. Chebotarev Institute of Gerontology NAMS of Ukraine
  • Ludmila Pisaruk D.F. Chebotarev Institute of Gerontology NAMS of Ukraine
  • Valeri Shatilo D.F. Chebotarev Institute of Gerontology NAMS of Ukraine
Keywords: rate of aging, post-COVID-19 syndrome, questionnaire

Abstract

The symptoms of post-COVID-19 syndrome (PPCS) are nonspecific and similar to those signs of aging. Therefore, it was suggested that those who have recovered from COVID-19 have accelerating the aging of the body. The aim of this work was to assess the influence of COVID-19 on the frequency of signs of aging. To collect the data, there was used a developed questionnaire, which included 17 signs of aging. There were received the answers from 306 people at the age from 30 to 70 years old. Among them, 98 people have had COVID-19. The average age of the people in the post-COVID-19 and COVID-19-free groups was 51,3 ± 1,65 and 50,4 ± 1,17, respectively (p> 0,05). The frequency of 14 signs of aging was significantly (p <0,01) higher among post-COVID-19 people. Particularly significant differences between post-COVID-19 and COVID-19-free were in the group of people under the age of 50 years old. The data, received by us, allowed to develop a computational procedure for diagnosing of PPCS. The task of attributing of the surveyed people to the post-COVID-19 and COVID-19-free group in accordance with the presence of certain symptoms was solved with the help of the Bayesian method in Gubler's modification, multiple logistic regression and neural network analysis. The developed diagnostic procedures can be used for the identification of the people with a high probability of the developing of PPCS.

Author Biographies

Anatoly Pisaruk, D.F. Chebotarev Institute of Gerontology NAMS of Ukraine

DSc (Medicine), Head of the Laboratory for Mathematical Modeling of Aging Processes

Natalya Koshel, D.F. Chebotarev Institute of Gerontology NAMS of Ukraine

PhD (Biology), Researcher of the Laboratory for Mathematical Modeling of Aging Processes

Ludmila Pisaruk, D.F. Chebotarev Institute of Gerontology NAMS of Ukraine

Researcher of the Laboratory for Mathematical Modeling of Aging Processes

Valeri Shatilo, D.F. Chebotarev Institute of Gerontology NAMS of Ukraine

DSc (Medicine), Prof., Leading Researcher of the Department of Clinical Physiology and Pathology of Internal Organs, Deputy Director for Research

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Published
2021-07-12
How to Cite
Pisaruk, A., Koshel, N., Pisaruk, L., & Shatilo, V. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on the signs of human ageing. Ageing and Longevity, 2(2), 18-23. Retrieved from http://aging-longevity.org.ua/journal-description/article/view/31
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