Risk for Severe Illness and Death among Pediatric Patients with Down Syndrome Hospitalized for COVID-19, Brazil
Char Leung
, Li Su, Ana Cristina Simões-e-Silva, Luisamanda Selle Arocha, Karina Mary de Paiva, and Patricia Haas
Author affiliation: Author affiliations: University of Leicester, Leicester, England, UK (C. Leung); University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, UK (C. Leung, L. Su, A.C. Simões-e-Silva, L.S. Arocha); Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (A.C. Simões-e-Silva); University of Cambridge, Cambridge (L. Selle Arocha); Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil (K.M. de Paiva, P. Haas)
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Figure 3. Kaplan-Meier curves for probability of recovery in a study of risk for severe illness and death among pediatric patients with Down syndrome hospitalized for COVID-19, Brazil. The log-rank test suggested a difference in the 2 survival curves (p<0.001), indicating that patients with Down syndrome had a lower probability of recovery during the first month of hospitalization than patients without Down syndrome. Gray shading around lines represents 95% CI.
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