HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Might 3, 2021 (HealthDay Information) — Sure blood sorts might improve an individual’s danger of various well being issues, a brand new examine suggests.
The analysis confirms some earlier findings and divulges new hyperlinks between blood sorts and ailments, in response to the authors of the examine revealed April 27 within the journal eLife.
“There may be nonetheless little or no data out there about whether or not individuals with RhD-positive or RhD-negative blood teams could also be vulnerable to sure ailments, or what number of extra ailments could also be affected by blood kind or group,” stated first creator Torsten Dahlén, a doctoral scholar at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
To assist fill that hole, the researchers investigated the hyperlink between blood sorts, RhD standing and greater than 1,000 ailments. (An individual who’s RhD constructive has a protein referred to as the D antigen on their purple blood cells; RhD destructive means the protein is absent.)
The evaluation of well being information from greater than 5 million individuals in Sweden recognized 49 ailments linked to blood sorts, and one related to the RhD group.
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The findings confirmed that individuals with kind A blood have been extra more likely to have blood clots; these with kind O blood have been extra more likely to have a bleeding dysfunction; and girls with kind O blood have been extra more likely to develop pregnancy-induced hypertension (“hypertension“).
The investigators additionally discovered a brand new hyperlink between kind B blood and a decrease danger of kidney stones, and famous that ladies who’re RhD-positive usually tend to develop pregnancy-induced hypertension.
Extra analysis is required to substantiate these findings and to be taught extra in regards to the hyperlinks between blood kind and illness dangers, in response to the examine authors.
“Our findings spotlight new and fascinating relationships between circumstances corresponding to kidney stones and pregnancy-induced hypertension and blood kind or group,” stated senior creator Gustaf Edgren, affiliate professor of epidemiology on the Karolinska Institute.
“They lay the groundwork for future research to determine the mechanisms behind illness improvement, or for investigating new methods to determine and deal with people with sure circumstances,” Edgren added in a journal information launch.
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Extra data
The American Crimson Cross has extra on blood types.
SOURCE: eLife, information launch, April 27, 2021
