ABO associations with blood pressure, serum lipids and lipoproteins, and anthropometric measures.
Discriminant analysis was used to explore multivariate associations with ABO blood types in a biracial sample of 898 Bogalusa youths. Dependent variables included blood pressure (systolic and diastolic), serum lipid and lipoprotein levels (total cholesterol, alpha-, beta-, and pre-beta-lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides), and anthropometric variables (height, weight, right arm length, triceps skinfold thickness, and a computed ponderal index). Analyses performed within race showed that several variables including beta-lipoprotein cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, and the ponderal index were sufficient to discriminate between individuals possessing the B antigen (B and AB) and those not possessing the B antigen (A and O) in the White subsample. However, height in itself can account for the detected difference, B individuals being taller than non-B individuals by a mean value of 2.4 cm. A concordant, but not significant effect was found in the Black subsample. Further tests support the conclusion that the strongest association is between ABO blood type and height.
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D000886:Anthropometry; D001132:Arm / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D008145:Louisiana; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D012306:Risk; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D044465:White People
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D008055:Lipids; D008074:Lipoproteins