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People with [http://www.recruitingblogs.com/main/search/search?q=blood%20type blood type] O could be less likely to get sick with [/news/coronavirus/index.html Covid-19], according to new research.<br>Their risk of severe complications such as organ failure — and  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-du-lich-tour-phuong-hoang-co-tran-tu-a-den-z.html phượng hoàng cổ trấn] even death — is also reduced, say scientists.   <br>Danish researchers used data from 473,000 individuals tested for Covid-19 against a control group of more than 2.2million people from the general population. <br>Among those who tested positive for the virus, they found fewer people with blood type O and more people with A, B, and AB types.  <br>Results from a second study also suggested individuals with blood types A and AB, who collectively make up just under 45 per cent of the UK and US populations, are at higher risk of having severe symptoms and complications — such as the need to be ventilated — than than those with type O or B.<br>The findings build on a growing body of research suggesting a link between blood type and coronavirus risk, as well as the apparent protective effect of blood type O.<br><br>Around half of people in the UK and US have type O blood. <br>         People with severe coronavirus and genes that code for Type A blood were 50% more likely to need oxygen or ventilator support, compared to those with other blood types (stock image of the coronavirus in the blood)<br>   RELATED ARTICLES  [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next]     [/news/article-8838885/Identical-twin-sisters-spoke-TIME-buried-York-cemetery.html  Identical twin sisters who were famous around the world for...] [/news/article-8838377/Woman-yells-N-word-foul-mouthed-racist-tirade-against-black-teens-outside-shopping-centre.html  Shocking moment woman yells the N-word in foul-mouthed...]    <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br>Lead author of the first study, Dr Torben Barington, of Odense University Hospital, said: 'It is very important to consider the proper control group because blood type prevalence may vary considerably in different ethnic groups and different countries.'<br>His team tested 196,252 people with blood type O and 277,402 with types A, B, or AB.<br>Whilst 38 per cent of people who tested positive for Covid-19 had type O blood, 62 per cent had type A, B or AB blood. <br>The majority of people in the latter group (202,507) had type A blood, with far fewer having type B (53,735) or AB (21,160). <br>Rates of infection in these last three groups were similar at around 1.6 per cent, compared to 1.4 per cent for  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-du-lich-tour-phuong-hoang-co-tran-tu-a-den-z.html kynghidongduong.vn] those with blood type O. <br>The trends remained the same after the researchers took into account ethnicity, which affects blood group distributions. <br><div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-add5a150-0e30-11eb-bd92-238225162ccd" website half of Britons could be less likely to catch Covid-19