A person's blood type may affect their risk for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, researchers report.
samples from nearly 2,200 COVID-19 patients in China and tens of thousands of healthy people, and found those with A blood types had a significantly higher risk of COVID-19 while those with O blood types had a significantly lower risk, Newsweek reported.
The researchers said blood type-related differences in COVID-19 risk may be due to certain antibodies in the blood, but further studies are needed to confirm this, Newsweek reported. Also, people with A blood types might require"more vigilant surveillance and aggressive treatment," and identifying a person's blood type as a routine part of treating COVID-19 and otherThe study was limited because of its small size and it didn't offer an explanation for its findings, Gao Yingdai, a researcher from the State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology in Tianjin, told the South China Morning Post.
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