Do you know that persons with these blood groups have more chances of getting heart attacks?
Posted on: 20/Mar/2021 10:32:14 AM
How would you react if you are told that because of your particular blood group you have more chances of getting heart attacks? Shocked right!!
As per WHO, one of the leading reasons for deaths in the world is heart disease. A recent study has revealed that those with non-O blood types are more at risk of getting heart attacks.
The work of the researchers has been published in the Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, an American Heart Association. For the study, more than 400,000 persons were analysed.
It has been mentioned that those persons with A or B type blood groups have a combined 8% higher risk of heart attacks than those with O type blood groups. It is worthy to mention here that a similar study was conducted in the year 2017 and the study included more than 1.36 million people and European Society of Cardiology conducted the study.
As per the study, it was clear that those with non- O type blood groups are at 9% more risk of getting coronary and cardiovascular events like heart attacks etc. It must be noted that the researchers compared the blood groups A and B with the O blood group. People with B type had increased risk of a heart attack. The study showed that those with B type blood groups have 15% more risk of myocardial infarction or heart attack when compared to those with O type blood groups.
The study has brought to light that those with A type blood groups had 11% increased risk of heart failure than those with O type blood groups. It is well known that heart attacks and heart failures are 2 forms of heart disease. Truth is that heart attacks take place suddenly whereas heart failures take place gradually. It has been found out that increased risk of heart attack or heart failure in the non- O type blood groups can be because of the fact that they are more likely to develop blood clots. This was mentioned by European Society of Cardiology.
It was explained by a 2017 study that non-O blood group people have a greater concentration of non-Willebrand factor or a blood clotting protein associated with thrombotic events. Information gathered is that people with type A and B blood groups were 44% more likely to get thrombosis. Blood clots could lead to heart attacks as they would block the coronary artery and make heart muscle strive for oxygen and nutrients etc.
