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. 2022 Feb;43(2):177–186. doi: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.2.20210847

Table 2.

- Distribution and risk of the ABO blood group in 2617 patients with COVID-19 (N=2617).

Rh positive (2171) Rh negative (446)
A
724 (27.7)
B
624 (23.8)
AB
379 (14.5)
†non-O
1727 (66.0)
O
890 (34.0)
  A+ A- B+ B- AB+ AB- + - O+ O-
*Reference population (Makkah area)
5000 1314 (26.3) 101 (2.0) 883 (17.66) 81(1.6) 216(4.3) 8(0.2) 2413 (48.3) 190 (3.8) 2190 (43.8) 207 (4.1)
Patients
2617 620 104 474 150 297 82 1391 336 780 110
RR 0.977 1.24 3.23 1.16 0.783
95% CI 0.883-1.082 1.124-1.382 2.702–3.821 1.107–1.218 0.733–0.836
P-value 0.6 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001
Died Rh positive (58) Rh negative (19)
77 16 5 10 8 11 2 --- --- 21 4
RR 0.988 0.984 1.14 0.965
95% CI 0.673-1.452 0.645-1.501 0.684-1.904 0.683 - 1.304
P-value 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.8

blood group non-O (A,B and AB), *Reference population, 18 RR: relative risk, CI: confidence interval