Relation between ABO blood groups and obesity in a Saudi Arabian population

Alwasaidi, Turki; Alrasheed, Sarah K.; Alhazmi, Rahaf A.; Alfraidy, Omar B.; Jameel, Mohammed; Alandijani, Akram Adel

doi:10.1016/j.jtumed.2017.05.011

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“…Another study failed to link blood groups to obesity. 34 An earlier study that was conducted in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia estimated the frequency of ABO blood groups and its findings relate to the results of the present study. 5 The O blood group was determined to be the most prominent blood group in the current study (45%) and in the eastern region at large (51%).…”

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Distribution of ABO and Rhesus Types in the Northern Asir Region in Saudi Arabia

Belali¹

2022

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Background and Objectives:The ABO blood group system is used to denote the presence of one, both, or neither of the A and B antigens on erythrocytes. In humans, this is the most important of the 43 different blood type (or group) classification systems currently recognized. Distribution of ABO and Rh among the Saudi population could affect many factors such as blood transfusion, prognosis, resistance and susceptibility to diseases. The impetus of this study was to develop an understanding of the distribution of the ABO and Rh types of healthy volunteer blood donors in the northern Asir region of Saudi Arabia, comparing the findings to similar studies. Understanding the frequency of different blood types in different populations is imperative. Subjects and Methods: This study was performed during the period of January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020, using samples from 4167 voluntary subjects obtained from the blood bank of the King Abdullah Hospital, Bisha. Commercially provided anti-A, anti-B and anti-D antibodies were used for the standard blood grouping procedure. Results:The findings in this study showed that O was the most prominent ABO blood group, whereas AB was the least so. The frequency of the blood type A was the second highest, followed by the blood group B, whereas Rh positivity was more common than Rh negativity. Conclusion: O+ > A+ > B+ > O-> AB+> A-> B-> AB-was found to be the order of blood group frequency in the current study.

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Distribution of ABO and Rhesus Types in the Northern Asir Region in Saudi Arabia

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2022

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“…A study done be Ahmed and colleagues [51] reported an increased prevalence of obesity in non-O individuals, while Smith et al (Smith et al, 2018) proved the exact opposite in his series. Awasaidi and colleagues reported no association between body mass index and the ABO system [52] . Despite these conflicting data, vascular inflammatory complications of obesity are definitely more abundant in non-O individuals.…”

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The potential use of ABO blood group system for risk stratification of COVID-19

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ABO blood groups is a cheap and affordable test that can be immediately retrieved from COVID-19 patients at the diagnosis. There is increasing evidence that non-O blood groups have both higher susceptibility and higher severity of COVID-19 infections. The reason behind such relationship seems elusive. Regarding susceptibility, Non-O individuals have Anti-A antibodies which can prevent viral entry across ACE-2 receptors, moreover, Non-O individuals are at higher risk of autoimmunity, hypercoagulable state, and dysbiosis resulting in an augmented tendency for vascular inflammatory sequelae of COVID-19. We can conclude, on the diagnostic level, that ABO blood groups can be potentially used for risk stratification of affected COVID-19 patients, to anticipate the deterioration of patients at higher risk for complications. On a therapeutic level, plasma from normal O blood group individuals might potentially replace the use of convalescent serum for the treatment of COVID-19.

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“…Here we did not find any significant correlations between each ABO blood type either to the BMI or to the blood pressure. Previous study in Saudi Arabia and Ghana had reported that there was no correlation between the ABO blood grouping to the BMI (Alwasaidi et al 2017) or to the blood pressure (Abdollahi et al 2009). The ABO blood type is the method to determine the blood group of a person through the agglutination methods or molecular imprinting (Mujahid & Dickert 2015).…”

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Blood Type and Blood Pressure Correlations to Body Mass Index in Young Adults

Suwito¹,

Kalanjati²,

Abdurachman³

2020

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Specific ABO blood type was reported to the higher risk of having overweight and obesity. The laters had also been suggested to correlate to blood pressure. Here we studied blood type and blood pressure amongst seemingly healthy university students of IIKBW, Kediri to understand their correlations to the body mass index (BMI). The blood typing (ABO typing, Eryclone®) and blood pressure (automated digital sphygmomanometer) of 74 male and 76 female were measured in duplicate accordingly. The BMI was analysed from the student’s body weight and height using a digital balance and a microtoise staturemeter, respectively. Data were analysed using SPSS 17 with p<0.05 level of significance. There were 18.7% students have A blood type, 31.3% students were B type, 44% were O and 6.0% with AB blood type. There were 30.7% students with obesity, 18% overweight, 36% normal weight and 15.3% underweight. There were 4.7% had a hypertension, 28.7% pre-hypertension, and 66.7% were normal. No significant correlations found between BMI or the blood pressure to any specific ABO blood type, except between the blood pressure and the AB blood type (r=-0.179, p=0.03). However, there was a significant correlation between BMI and blood pressure (r=0.327, p=0.000). We observed no significant associations between any specific ABO blood type with the BMI and blood pressure. However, high blood pressures amongst students with obesity were found. Males were more common to suffer from obesity and high blood pressure than females.

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Relation between ABO blood groups and obesity in a Saudi Arabian population

Cited by 17 publications

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Distribution of ABO and Rhesus Types in the Northern Asir Region in Saudi Arabia

Distribution of ABO and Rhesus Types in the Northern Asir Region in Saudi Arabia

The potential use of ABO blood group system for risk stratification of COVID-19

Blood Type and Blood Pressure Correlations to Body Mass Index in Young Adults

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