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Association Between ABO Blood Group System and COVID-19 Severity by Amina M Bshaena; Osama H Almajdoub; Rajaa A Alshwesh; Entesar A Omran; Soghra Haq; Faisal Ismail is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract ## Objectives A possible association between blood group systems (ABO and Rh) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity has recently been investigated by various studies with conflicting results. However, due to variations in the prevalence of the ABO and Rh blood groups in different populations, their association with COVID-19 might be varied as well. Therefore, we conducted this study on Libyan participants to further investigate this association and make population-based data available to the worldwide scientific community. ## Methods In this case-control study, ABO and Rh blood groups in 419 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Zawia, Libya, and 271 healthy controls were compared using descriptive statistics and χ 2 tests. ## Results Blood group A was significantly more prevalent in patients with severe COVID-19 (64/125; 51.2%) than in patients with nonsevere COVID-19 (108/294, 36.7%) (P < .034), whereas the O blood group prevalence was higher in nonsevere COVID-19 cases (131/294, 44.5%) compared with severe cases (43/125, 34.4%) (P < .001). ## Conclusions The results showed a significant association between blood group A and the severity of COVID-19, whereas patients
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- Author
- Amina M Bshaena; Osama H Almajdoub; Rajaa A Alshwesh; Entesar A Omran; Soghra Haq; Faisal Ismail
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)