ABO blood group distributions in multiple sclerosis patients from Basque Country; O- as a protective factor.

Itziar LopetegiAmaia Muñoz-LopetegiMaialen ArrutiAlvaro PradaSabin UrcelayJavier OlascoagaDavid OtaeguiTamara Castillo-Triviño

Published in: Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical (2019)

From our data, the absence of immune antigens (A, B or Rhesus +) defined by the group O- seems to be protective in the MS group with an odds ratio of 0.49 (95% confidence interval 0.309-0.796), while the presence of Rh+ plus A or B seems to be a risk in developing multiple sclerosis.

Keyphrases

multiple sclerosis
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
white matter
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
ms ms
mass spectrometry
electronic health record
machine learning
patient reported outcomes
breast cancer risk