TY  - JOUR
TI  - Evaluation of the Relationship Between ABO Blood Group Distribution and Clinical Features in Long-Term COVID-19 Patients: A retrospective study
AB  - This study investigates the associations of ABO blood groups on long-term COVID patients who applied to the COVID-19 Fol- low-up Center. New co-morbidities after COVID-19 were also evaluated. Methods: This study was designed retrospectively with patients admitted to COVID-19 Follow-up Center between December 13, 2020, and November 1, 2021. The study sample consis- ted of 502 patients divided into four groups according to their blood types. Patients were analyzed according to their symptoms and our findings after COVID-19 by blood group variable. Newly diagnosed co-morbidities were recorded from patient’s files, and the drug history of the patients was investigated A total of 502 COVID-19 patients were retrospectively analyzed, and the mean age was 55.5(±13.2) years. Patients were predominantly female (263/502) (52.4%). While long-term COVID-19 symptoms were observed in 76.9% of the patients, extreme fatigue (46.2%) and ongoing shortness of breath (32.9%) were observed most frequently. No relationship was found between other prolonged symptoms of the disease and blood groups except heart palpitation with blood groups A and B compared to AB and O (p=0.048) . In addition, there was no significant difference in the ongoing symptoms and inflammatory parameters like C-Reactive Protein and Lymphocyte count. This study demonstrated no difference between blood types and long-term COVID-19 patients' clinical features.
AU  - Bildirici, Yaşar
AU  - UCAN, ANIL
AU  - Eker Güvenç, Şebnem
AU  - Bilge, uğur
DO  - 10.20515/otd.1230770
PY  - 2023
JO  - Osmangazi Tıp Dergisi
VL  - 45
IS  - 2
SN  - 1305-4953
SP  - 290
EP  - 300
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1194840
ER  -