Associations of ABO and Rhesus D blood groups with phenome-wide disease incidence: A 41-year retrospective cohort study of 482,914 patients

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Background: Whether natural selection may have attributed to the observed blood group frequency differences between populations remains debatable. The ABO system has been associated with several diseases and recently also with susceptibility to COVID-19 infection. Associative studies of the RhD system and diseases are sparser. A large disease-wide risk analysis may further elucidate the relationship between the ABO/RhD blood groups and disease incidence. Methods: We performed a systematic log-linear quasi-Poisson regression analysis of the ABO/RhD blood groups across 1,312 phecode diagnoses. Unlike prior studies, we determined the incidence rate ratio for each individual ABO blood group relative to all other ABO blood groups as opposed to using blood group O as the reference. Moreover, we used up to 41 years of nationwide Danish follow-up data, and a disease categorization scheme specifically developed for diagnosis-wide anal-ysis. Further, we determined associations between the ABO/RhD blood groups and the age at the first diagnosis. Estimates were adjusted for multiple testing. Results: The retrospective cohort included 482,914 Danish patients (60.4% females). The incidence rate ratios (IRRs) of 101 phecodes were found statistically significant between the ABO blood groups, while the IRRs of 28 phecodes were found statistically significant for the RhD blood group. The associations included cancers and musculoskeletal-, genitourinary-, endocrinal-, infectious-, cardiovascular-, and gastrointestinal diseases. Conclusions: We found associations of disease-wide susceptibility differences between the blood groups of the ABO and RhD systems, including cancer of the tongue, monocytic leukemia, cervical cancer, osteoarthrosis, asthma, and HIV-and hepatitis B infection. We found marginal evidence of associations between the blood groups and the age at first diagnosis.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummere83116
TidsskrifteLife
Vol/bind12
Antal sider17
ISSN2050-084X
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2023

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Funding Information:
This study was performed as a part of the CAG (Clinical Academic Group) Center for Endotheliomics under the Greater Copenhagen Health Science Partners (GCHSP). Sources of Funding The study was supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation (grants NNF14CC0001 and NNF17OC0027594) and the Innovation Fund Denmark (grant 5153-00002B). The funders played no role in the conduct of the study. Funding Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Innovation Fund Denmark

Funding Information:
Pär Ingemar Johansson: has received grants from the AP Møller Foundation, Innovation Fund Denmark and Novo Nordisk Foundation. The author has been issued the following patents: Publication no: 20110201553, 20110268732, 20130040898, 20130261177, 20150057325, 20160113891, 9381166, 9381243, 20160250164, 9433589, 20160303040 and US20090053193A1. PI Johansson reports ownership of stocks in Trial-Lab AB, Endothel Pharma ApS, TissueLink ApS, and MoxieLab ApS. PI Johansson declares that the financial interests listed have no impact on the submitted work. The author has no other competing interests to declare. The author declares that the financial interests listed have no impact on the submitted work. Søren Brunak: participates on the Danish National Genome Center advisory board and is the Chairman for the data infrastructure board. The author has stock in Intomics A/S, Hoba Therapeutics Aps, Novo Nordisk A/S, Lundbeck A/S and ALK Abello. The author participates on the board of directors for both Proscion A/S and Intomics A/S. The author has no other competing interests to declare. SB declares that the financial interests listed have no impact on the submitted work. The other authors declare that no competing interests exist.

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