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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEuropean study links genes, blood type with risk of severe coronavirus infection
By Maggie Fox, CNN
Updated 10:32 AM EDT, Thu June 18, 2020
(CNN)A team of European scientists say they have found two genetic variations that may show who is more likely to get very sick and die from coronavirus, and they say they have also found a link to blood type.
Their findings, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, point to a possible explanation for why some people get so seriously ill with the virus, while most barely show any symptoms at all.
They found people with Type A blood have a higher risk of catching coronavirus and of developing severe symptoms, while people with Type O blood have a lower risk.
"Our genetic data confirm that blood group O is associated with a risk of acquiring Covid-19 that was lower than that in non-O blood groups, whereas blood group A was associated with a higher risk than non-A blood groups," the researchers wrote in their report. They found people with Type A blood had a 45% higher risk of becoming infected than people with other blood types, and people with Type O blood were just 65% as likely to become infected as people with other blood types.
Their findings, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, point to a possible explanation for why some people get so seriously ill with the virus, while most barely show any symptoms at all.
They found people with Type A blood have a higher risk of catching coronavirus and of developing severe symptoms, while people with Type O blood have a lower risk.
"Our genetic data confirm that blood group O is associated with a risk of acquiring Covid-19 that was lower than that in non-O blood groups, whereas blood group A was associated with a higher risk than non-A blood groups," the researchers wrote in their report. They found people with Type A blood had a 45% higher risk of becoming infected than people with other blood types, and people with Type O blood were just 65% as likely to become infected as people with other blood types.
Read more: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/17/health/coronavirus-genes-blood-type-study/index.html
This new study corroborates at least two prior studies.
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European study links genes, blood type with risk of severe coronavirus infection (Original Post)
Mike 03
Jun 2020
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LizBeth
(9,952 posts)1. AB- in the same category as A?
katmondoo
(6,454 posts)4. I am A negative Does it make a difference from A positive.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)6. And we ponder.
notinkansas
(1,096 posts)2. Wait -
type O has a lower risk of contracting the disease, but has 65% probability of contracting for type O and 45% probability for non-O?
Kitchari
(2,166 posts)7. It's worded poorly
"Type A blood had a 45% higher risk of becoming infected than people with other blood types, and people with Type O blood were just 65% as likely to become infected"
I interpret that to mean that Type O is 35% less likely to become infected, and Type A is 45% more likely
Beakybird
(3,332 posts)3. The takeaway is if you're A negative person, try to B positive.
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