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All day researchers earn a better understanding of COVID-19 and why some people become sicker than others. It has become clear that there is actually a relationship between the type of blood and the severity of the disease, which explains why some people remain asymptomatic or have benign symptoms, while others succumb to death. According to a new study published Wednesday, people with a blood type have a higher risk of catching coronavirus and developing a serious illness.

The study, thanks to a team of European scientists, published WednesdaytheNew England Journal of Medicine,claims thatpeople with type A blood are at an increased risk up to 45 percentFollowing than those with other types of blood. People with type o are 65 percentless likely to fall sick than others.

Confirmed by genetic data

"Our genetic data confirms that the blood group o is associated with a CVIV-19 acquisition risk that was lower than that of non-O blood groups, while the blood group was associated with higher risk than blood groups. Non-A, says the study.

As part of the researchers of the study examined 1,900 patients seriously ill coronavirus in Spain and Italy, comparing them to 2,300 people who are not sick. They were trying to find the most common DNA variations in the sickest patients.

It is unclear whether the type of blood is a direct cause of the differences in sensitivity, or the risk that someone is affected by genetic changes that are related to the type of blood.

Other support studies their results

23andMe published a study earlier this monthWho has come to the same conclusion - that those blood o are between 9-18 percent in% less likely than people with other blood types have been tested positive for COVID-19.

"The preliminary data of the current Genetic Study of COVID-19 seems to lend more evidence of the importance of determining a person's blood type by the differences in ABO in the susceptibility to the virus," the company revealed in ablog.

Another study on the ChinaAlso concluded that the gene determining the blood type, ABO, can determine not only the sensitivity to the virus, but also the severity of the disease.

If you have type A blood, do not worry too much

Roy Silverstein, a hematologist Who is the President of the Department of Medicine at the Wisconsin Medical College, and a former President of the American Society of Hematology, explainedCnnThat the results mean very little for the average person that the overall risk for the entire population is non-significant.

"The absolute difference in risk is very low," he said. "Risk reduction can be statistically significant, but it is a small real risk change. You do not mean someone who was like that they were at lower risk of infection, "he said. As for yourself: go through this pandemic at your healthier, do not miss theseThings you should never do during the coronavirus pandemic.