Association of Covid-19 with blood type A in relation to blood sugar, urea, and blood test (D-dimer and ferritin) in patients from Al-Najaf • JML Journal of Medicine and Life

2022, Volume 15, Issue 2, pp 180 – 187

Association of Covid-19 with blood type A in relation to blood sugar, urea, and blood test (D-dimer and ferritin) in patients from Al-Najaf

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Hussein Hayfaa Jaber ^{1 *}

Ibrahim Sana’a Abdulrazzaq ¹

Al-Shaibani Shurooq Wesam ¹

Abdulrudha Noor Hassan ¹

1. Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Kufa, AL-Najaf, Iraq

*Corresponding Author: Hayfaa Jaber Hussein, Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Kufa, AL-Najaf, Iraq. E-mail: hayfaa.alabidi@uokufa.edu.iq

Abstract

COVID-19 is an emerging infectious disease caused by the novel enveloped single-stranded RNA virus quickly declared a pandemic. This study aimed to investigate the severity of COVID-19 infection in patients with blood group type A. A cross-sectional study was conducted at Al-Amal specialized hospital, Al-Najaf (March 8 to March 20/2021). The study included 123 hospitalized patients (63 females and 60 males), aged between 15-95 years, diagnosed with COVID-19, tested for blood group, blood sugar, blood urea, D-dimer, and serum ferritin. Results indicated significant differences in blood sugar and D-dimer in patients with type A blood group at P>0.05. At the same time, no significant difference was found in blood urea and ferritin at P>0.05. The majority of patients showed elevated levels of blood sugar, blood urea, serum D-dimer and ferritin. COVID-19 can infect people of all ages and causes severe infection in all blood groups.

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COVID-19blood groupblood sugarblood ureaserum D-dimerferritin

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PMC ID: 8999108
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DOI: 10.25122/jml-2021-0239

Article Publishing Date (print): 2 2022
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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

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