A new study that has come out of China claims to have found that people with type A blood may be more susceptible to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).What does this mean for patients, doctors, and researchers, and should people with A blood types be worried?The study was conducted by a group of Chinese researchers and analyses 2,173 patients who contracted the COVID-19 virus from three hospitals in,
Wuhan and Shenzhen and then compared them to the bloods types of the two general populations in the area. Their meta-analysis found that people who were part of “blood group A had a significantly higher risk for [contracting] COVID-19 compared with non-A blood groups.”
As outlined in the study, the normal population in Wuhan has a blood type distribution of:
- Type A – 31%
- Type B – 24%
- Type AB – 9%
- Type O – 34%
Comparatively, Wuhan residents who had contracted COVID-19 had a blood type distribution of:
- Type A – 38%
- Type B – 26%
- Type AB – 10%
- Type O – 25%
These percentage distribution differences held relatively consistent with the Shenzhen populations as well.
