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Mortality and cancer in relation to ABO blood group phenotypes in the Golestan Cohort Study.
BMC medicine - 15 Jan 2015
Etemadi Arash, Kamangar Farin, Islami Farhad, Poustchi Hossein, Pourshams Akram, Brennan Paul, Boffetta Paolo, Malekzadeh Reza, Dawsey Sanford M, Abnet Christian C, Emadi Ashkan
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BACKGROUND: A few studies have shown an association between blood group alleles and vascular disease, including atherosclerosis, which is thought to be due to the higher level of von Willebrand factor in these individuals and the association of blood group locus variants with plasma lipid levels. No large population-based study has explored this association with overall and cause-specific mortality. METHODS: We...
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