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. 2021 Nov 29;66(11):661-665.
doi: 10.51620/0869-2084-2021-66-11-661-665.

AB0 and rhesus blood groups as a risk factor for ARVI COVID-19

Sergey Ivanovich Donskov  1 , A Yu Bulanov  2 , I B Simarova  2 , V V Belyakova  3 , O A Mayorova  3 , E A Kravtsova  4   5 , I O Vakulchik  6 , T Yu Yurkevich  7 , M V Beluga  7 , L M Zubareva  8 , N M Mikhailova  8 , N I Vasiliev  8 , L E Davydova  9 , Yu V Burdinskaya  10 , S B Kryukovskiy  11
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AB0 and rhesus blood groups as a risk factor for ARVI COVID-19

Sergey Ivanovich Donskov et al. Klin Lab Diagn. .

Abstract

The frequency of AB0 and Rhesus blood groups was studied in 12120 patients with COVID-19, 5180 convalescent plasma donors and 118801 healthy donors from Moscow, Smolensk, Yakutsk, Minsk and Gomel. In infected individuals, the frequency of blood group A was significantly higher than in uninfected individuals (41,54 % and 34,39 % respectively, p<0,05), and the frequency of blood group 0, on the contrary, was significantly lower (27,69 % and 36,71 %, p<0,05). The frequency of blood group A was particularly high among patients who died from ARVI COVID-19 - 45,51 % vs. 34,39 %, p=0,008. In some groups of patients, there was a decrease in the frequency of Rh-negative individuals (2,23 % vs. 8,30 %, p<0,001).

Keywords: AB0 blood groups; ARVI COVID-19; Rh factor.

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