Relationship Between the ABO Blood Group and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Susceptibility

2020569 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Jiao Zhao · Southern University of Science and Technology

Yan Yang · Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital

Han-Ping Huang · Jinyintan Hospital

Li Dong · Wuhan University

Dongfeng Gu · Southern University of Science and Technology

Xiangfeng Lu · Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

Zheng Zhang

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.

Topics & Keywords

Blood groups and transfusion COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Diabetes and associated disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 73, Issue 2, pp. 328-331

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1150

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