Association of ABO group types to overweight and obesity: Based on six years of experience in two centers in Sulaimani governorate, Kurdistan Region/Iraq

Abstract

BackgroundMany studies have supported a number of associations between ABO blood type and certain diseases, including pancreatic cancer, venous thromboembolism, and myocardial infarction in the presence of coronary atherosclerosis, sexual maturity, breast cancer, cancer, infections, Diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, peptic ulcers, intelligence and socioeconomic class, personality, suicide, BMI and obesity. ObjectivesTo find any relation of the ABO blood groups to overweight and obesity. Patients, materials, and methodsA prospective randomized study including 885 overweight or obese patients from a total of 896 patients, they were consulting for advice, diet and or drugs and various bariatric operations. This was conducted over the period of 6 years from February 1st, 2012 to March 1st, 2018.The patients were arranged in 2 groups.1. Group A: 885 overweight or obese patients.2. Group B: 20011 blood donors. ResultsRegarding the frequency of ABO blood groups among the overweight and obese patients, group O was the most common (n = 361, 40.80%), as it is in the population sample (n = 7563, 37.80%). Although group A and B were comparable, patients in group AB composes (11.41%) of the overweight and obese patients, while the prevalence of group AB is (07.36%) in the population sample, there is statistically important positive relation between overweight and obesity to ABO group type AB, r = 0.98), (P < 0.001). ConclusionIn the ABO blood group system, group AB was more susceptible to develop overweight and obesity in Kurd race.