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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurocrit Care. 2019 Aug;31(1):66–71. doi: 10.1007/s12028-018-0655-0

Table 2.

Association of ABO blood type with outcomes

Multivariable-adjusted analysis assessing association of type-O blood (vs. non-O) with hematoma expansion and neurological outcomes
HE > 33%a
Hospital-mortalityb
Discharge mRS 4–6b
3 month mRS 4–6b,c
ABO type N (%) OR (95% CI); p value N (%) OR (95% CI); p value N (%) OR (95% CI); p value N (%) OR (95% CI); p value
Type-O (n = 146) 28 (19) 0.69 (0.38–1.26); p = 0.23 30 (21) 1.34 (0.67–2.67); p = 0.41 119 (82) 1.22 (0.61–2.46); p = 0.58 95 (65) 1.12 (0.59–2.09); p = 0.73
Non-O (n = 126) 32 (25) 22 (17) 100 (79) 82 (65)

Multivariable adjusted analysis assessing association of ABO blood type (categorical variable) with hematoma expansion and neurological outcomes
  HE > 33%a
  Hospital-mortalityb
  Discharge mRS 4–6b
3 month mRS 4–6b,c
ABO type   N (%)    OR (95% CI); p value   N (%)   OR (95% CI); p value   N (%)   OR (95% CI); p value N (%)   OR (95% CI); p value

Type-O (n = 146)   28 (19)    Reference   30 (21)   Reference   119 (82)   Reference 95 (71)   Reference
Type-A (n = 82)   17 (21)    1.11 (0.56–2.24); p = 0.76   11 (13)   0.49 (0.21–1.17); p = 0.11   64 (78)   0.92 (0.40–2.09); p = 0.92 52 (68)   0.87 (0.42–1.80); p = 0.71
Type-B (n = 34)   14 (41)    2.82 (1.23–6.45); p = 0.01   8 (24)   1.39 (0.51–3.78); p = 0.52   28 (82)   0.97 (0.31–3.03); p = 0.96 25 (76)   1.30 (0.47–3.58); p = 0.61
Type-AB (n = 10)   1 (10)    0.48 (0.06–4.13); p = 0.50   3(30)   1.23 (0.23–6.52); p = 0.81   8 (80)   0.76 (0.11–5.19); p = 0.78 5 (71)   0.42 (0.04–4.14); p = 0.46

CI confidence interval, HE hematoma expansion, ICH intracerebral hemorrhage, OR odds ratio, mRS modified Rankin Scale

a

Model adjusted for anticoagulant medication history, time from symptom onset to admission CT, admission ICH volume

b

Model adjusted for ICH score

c

3 month loss to follow-up was 8% (n = 21); percentages of 3 month mRS 4–6 from 251 patients: 146 type O, 82 type A, 34 type B, 10 type AB