Relationship Between the ABO Blood Group and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Susceptibility
Jiao Zhao, Yan Yang, Han-Ping Huang, Li Dong, Dongfeng Gu, Xiangfeng Lu, Zheng Zhang, Lei Liu, Ting Liu, Yukun Liu, Yunjiao He, Bin Sun, Meilan Wei, Guangyu Yang, Xinghuan Wang, Li Zhang, Xiaoyang Zhou, Mingzhao Xing, Peng George Wang
Abstract
To explore any relationship between the ABO blood group and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) susceptibility, we compared ABO blood group distributions in 2173 COVID-19 patients with local control populations, and found that blood group A was associated with an increased risk of infection, whereas group O was associated with a decreased risk.
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ABO blood group systemMedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakImmunologyCoronavirusSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)DiseaseCase-control studyInternal medicineVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakBlood groups and transfusionCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesDiabetes and associated disorders