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Risk factors for COVID infection, death noted in group home residentsA study of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) living in New York City group homes has identified older age, larger residential settings, Down syndrome, and chronic kidney disease as risk factors for COVID-19 infection, with heart disease as a risk factor for related death.Led by a Syracuse University researcher, the study was published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.

The team tracked COVID-19 outcomes for 543 residents of homes operated by a single nonprofit organization in all five city boroughs from Mar 1 to Oct 1, 2020.Of the 543 residents, 91 (16.8%) were diagnosed as having COVID-19, and 35 (6.4%) died from their infections.

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