Blood group may predict risk of heart attack

London, May 1:The researches revealed that people who having a non-O blood group  A, B, Ab may be at 9 per cent higher risk of suffering a heart attack due to having greater concentrations of von Willebrand factor a blood clotting protein a cardiac thrombosis.the student of the University Medical Centre Groningen in the Netherlands  lead author Tessa Kole said those with non-O blood group also have higher galectin-3, a protein linked to inflammation and worse outcomes in heart failure patients said by said.
The team conducted a meta-analysis on O and non-O blood groups and incident cardiovascular events including myocardial infarction (heart attack), coronary artery disease, ischaemic heart disease, heart failure, cardiovascular events and cardiovascular mortality."Blood group should be considered in risk assessment for cardiovascular prevention, together with cholesterol, age, ***** and systolic blood pressure," Kole suggested.