title: [Association between ABO blood group and acute myocardial infarction].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the association between the ABO blood group and the risk of myocardial infarction in Chinese people.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively recruited 1 988 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and 1 856 non-coronary artery disease (non-CAD) subjects who hospitalized in our hospital between January 2013 and December 2013. The clinical features and ABO blood group were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Blood group distribution was A (27.1%, 539/1 988), B (34.4%, 684/1 988), AB (10.8%, 215/1 988), O (27.7%, 551/1 988) in patients with AMI and A (26.7%, 496/1 856), B(32.2%, 598/1 856), AB(10.8%, 200/1 856), O (30.4%, 564/1 856) in non-CAD group. The single factor analysis showed that blood group O tended to be more common in the non-CAD group than in AMI group (P = 0.06). After adjustment for common cardiovascular risk factors such as age, gender, hypertension, diabetes, smoking and serum cholesterol level, the A, B, and AB blood groups were associated with increased risk of AMI compared with O blood group, and the difference was significant with A blood group (OR = 1.229, 95% CI 1.019-1.482, P = 0.031) and B blood groups (OR = 1.214, 95% CI 1.017-1.449, P = 0.032). In addition, non-O blood group remained significantly associated with the increased risk of AMI than O blood group after logistic regression analysis (OR = 1.223, 95% CI 1.048-1.426, P = 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that non-O blood group is associated with the increased risk of AMI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China; Email: qsbmail@tom.com.
authors.forename: Shubin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China.
authors.forename: Shaodong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000208:Acute Disease; D056988:Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension; D009203:Myocardial Infarction; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System