Evidence for an association between ABO blood group and goitre.
A medical and genetic study on KarKar Island, Papua New Guinea revealed a significant association between ABO blood group status and susceptibility to goitre with O individuals more susceptible than non-O. The association is found in a number of separate villages on the island which indicates that it is not due simply to chance concordance in geographical patterns of genetic and disease variations.
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000032:analysis*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D006043:Goiter, Endemic / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009512:New Guinea
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System