Correlation of SARS-CoV-2 infection severity with ABO blood groups and RhD antigen: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The role of ABO types and RhD antigen in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity has been investigated in several recent studies. Thus, the objective of this study was to identify the relationship of ABO and RhD types with symptomatic COVID-19 disease and determine the groups associated with an increased risk of hospitalization.

Methods

This observational case-control study was performed in 530 Iraqi-Kurdish patients with COVID-19. Among them, 184 were severe cases that required hospitalization, while 346 were mild to moderate cases that were treated at home. ABO and RhD antigen groups were compared between cases and 1698 control records from 1 year before the pandemic. The diagnosis of COVID-19 was based on real-time polymerase chain reaction tests and high-r

SUBMITTER: Omer NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9290119 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature