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. 2021 Apr;174(4):572-576.
doi: 10.7326/M20-4986. Epub 2020 Oct 21.

COVID-19 Mortality Risk in Down Syndrome: Results From a Cohort Study of 8 Million Adults

Ashley Kieran Clift  1 , Carol A C Coupland  2 , Ruth H Keogh  3 , Harry Hemingway  4 , Julia Hippisley-Cox  1
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COVID-19 Mortality Risk in Down Syndrome: Results From a Cohort Study of 8 Million Adults

Ashley Kieran Clift et al. Ann Intern Med. 2021 Apr.
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Figure.
Figure.. Adjusted HR (95% CI) for the association between Down syndrome and death from COVID-19.
Adjusted for the variables shown, deprivation, fractional polynomial terms for body mass index (BMI), and age. The model includes fractional polynomial terms for age, BMI, and interaction terms between age terms and type 2 diabetes. We used the QResearch database, version 44. The study period was 24 January 2020 to 30 June 2020. CF = cystic fibrosis; COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019; GP = general practitioner; HR = hazard ratio; LABA = long-acting β2-agonist; MND = motor neurone disease; MS = multiple sclerosis; SLE = systemic lupus erythematosus. * HR for type 2 diabetes reported at mean age.
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