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. 2009 Dec;50(6):550-8.
doi: 10.3325/cmj.2009.50.550.

ABO blood groups and genetic risk factors for thrombosis in Croatian population

Irena Jukic  1 , Jasna Bingulac-Popovic, Vesna Dogic, Ivana Babic, Jelena Culej, Maja Tomicic, Tomislav Vuk, Dorotea Sarlija, Melita Balija
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ABO blood groups and genetic risk factors for thrombosis in Croatian population

Irena Jukic et al. Croat Med J. 2009 Dec.

Abstract

Aim: To assess the association between ABO blood group genotypes and genetic risk factors for thrombosis (FV Leiden, prothrombin G20210A, and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T mutations) in the Croatian population and to determine whether genetic predisposition to thrombotic risk is higher in non-OO blood group genotypes than in OO blood group genotypes.

Methods: The study included 154 patients with thrombosis and 200 asymptomatic blood donors as a control group. Genotyping to 5 common alleles of ABO blood groups was performed by polymerase chain reaction with sequence specific primers (PCR-SSP). FV Leiden was determined by PCR-SSP, while prothrombin and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase were determined by PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP).

Results: There was an association between non-OO blood group genotypes and the risk of thrombosis (odds ratio [OR] 2.08, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.32-3.27). The strongest association with thrombotic risk was recorded for A1B/A2B blood group genotypes (OR, 2.73; 95% CI, 1.10-6.74), followed by BB/O1B/O2B (OR, 2.29; 95% CI, 1.25-4.21) and O1A1/O2A1 (OR, 1.95; 95% CI, 1.15-3.31). FV Leiden increased the risk of thrombosis 31-fold in the group of OO carriers and fourfold in the group of non-OO carriers. There was no significant difference in the risk of thrombosis between OO and non-OO blood groups associated with prothrombin mutation. Non-OO carriers positive for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase had a 5.7 times greater risk of thrombosis than that recorded in OO carriers negative for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase.

Conclusion: Study results confirmed the association of non-OO blood group genotypes with an increased risk of thrombosis in Croatia.

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