Open AccessInvestigation of association between ABO blood groups and COVID-19 clinical severity
Author(s) -
Arzu İrvem,
Abdurrahman Sarmış,
Özlem Akgün Doğan,
Jale Yıldız,
Zafer Habib,
Nihat Buğra Ağaoğlu,
Betsi Köse,
Gizem Alkurt,
Lütfiye Nilsu Altunal,
Ayşe Serra Özel,
Mehtap Aydın,
Sanem Dereli Bulut,
Yasemin Kendir Demirkol,
Esra Koçoğlu,
Gizem Dinler Doğanay,
Levent Doğanay,
Yaşar Bükte,
Sebahat Aksaray
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medical science and discovery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2148-6832
DOI - 10.36472/msd.v8i12.550
Subject(s) - medicine , abo blood group system , covid-19 , disease , incidence (geometry) , infectious disease (medical specialty) , physics , optics
Objective: COVID-19 has been detected in Turkey since March 11, 2020. Istanbul has become an important center of the pandemic in Turkey. Various risk factors for COVID-19 infection, mortality, and morbidity are under investigation. Recent studies have suggested that certain blood groups are risk factors for the disease. The aim of this study is the evaluation the relationship between blood groups and the risk of contracting COVID-19 disease, clinical severity of the disease, and CT (computed tomography) imaging findings.Material and Methods: Age, gender, blood group data, clinical severity and CT images of 300 patients who were positive with RT PCR (Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) and were followed up in the clinic were retrospectively scanned and recorded. The clinical severity of the disease and CT imaging findings were scored, and the data were evaluated statistically.Results: While the incidence of COVID-19 was high in the A blood group, it was low in the 0 blood group. Although there was no significant difference between blood types and clinical severity, the involvement in the B blood group was more severe on CT imaging.Conclusion: People with A blood group should pay more attention to protection and isolation. Investigating this difference and underlying pathogenic mechanisms can guide science with advanced studies.