title: Blood group does not appear to affect longevity a pilot study in centenarians from Western Sicily.
abstract: Centenarians are the best example of extreme human longevity, and they represent a selected population in which the appearance of major age-related diseases, such as cancer, and cardiovascular diseases among others, has been consistently delayed or escaped. The study of the long-lived individual genetic profile has the purpose to possibly identify the genes and the allelic variations influencing extended life expectancy, hence considering them as biomarkers of age-related diseases onset and development. The present study shows no significant differences between allelic variations of ABO blood groups among a group of centenarians from Western Sicily.
authors.affiliation: Immunohaemathology Unit, University Medical School "Paolo Giaccone" Hospital, Palermo, PA, Italy. s.vasto@unipa.it
authors.forename: Sonya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vasto
authors.forename: Calogero
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Caruso
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Castiglia
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Duro
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Monastero
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rizzo
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012802:Sicily
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System