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Jul 16, 2020 · One, for instance, suggests that people with Type A may have a higher risk of catching Covid-19 and of developing severe symptoms while people with Type O blood may have a lower risk. A study...
Dec 8, 2020 · They found that people with type O blood had a lower risk for contracting the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) compared to those with type A, B or AB. They also observed that individuals with type O blood had a slightly lower risk for getting severely ill or dying from COVID-19 if they did become infected.
- Rachel Nania
Jun 18, 2020 · In fact, the findings suggest that people with blood type A face a 50 percent greater risk of needing oxygen support or a ventilator should they become infected with the novel coronavirus. In contrast, people with blood type O appear to have about a 50 percent reduced risk of severe COVID-19.
Mar 8, 2021 · The literature suggests that blood type O may serve as a protective factor, as individuals with blood type O are found COVID-19 positive at far lower rates. This could suggest that blood type O individuals are less susceptible to infection, or that they are asymptomatic at higher rates and therefore do not seek out testing.
- Yujia Zhang, Rachael Garner, Sana Salehi, Marianna La Rocca, Dominique Duncan
- 2021
Jul 12, 2020 · Open in a separate window. For the analysis evaluating for correlation of blood type with a positive test, blood type A had 440 (16.6%) positive tests, blood type B had 201 (19.4%) positive tests, blood type AB had 61 (19.8%) positive tests, and blood type O had 587 (16.1%) positive tests ( p = 0.036).
- Christopher A. Latz, Charles DeCarlo, Laura Boitano, C. Y.Maximilian Png, Rushad Patell, Mark F. Con...
- 2020
Nov 30, 2022 · Among 30 studies evaluating the risk of COVID infection associated with the ABO blood type, 21 studies found significant correlations. Most studies (14 studies), involving 105 to 7422 patients, found an increased proportion of blood group A in patients, compared to controls.
Editorial. Since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have investigated whether ABO blood group is related to the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and illness. iStock.com/vladm. After all, nearly 20 years ago, researchers reported that type O blood was associated with a lower risk of the original SARS.
