August 21, 2020

Is Blood Type Associated with COVID-19 Severity

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): clinical characteristics

• [pre-print, not peer-reviewed] After adjusting for socioeconomic status and comorbidities, Mendy et al. found no association between ABO or Rh blood groups and hospitalization or disease severity among 428 people diagnosed with COVID-19 at the University of Cincinnati’s health system.

Mendy et al. (Aug 2020). Is Blood Type Associated with COVID-19 Severity? Pre-print downloaded Aug 21 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.11.20172676