People with certain blood types are at increased risk of heart attack during periods of pollution

People with certain blood types are at increased risk of heart attack during periods of pollution

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Heart Disease Weekly -- Individuals who have A, B, or AB blood types have an elevated risk of having a heart attack during periods of significant air pollution, compared to those with the O blood type, according to new research from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute and Brigham Young University.

The new study is unique in that it links increased risk of heart attack associated with small particulate pollution to increased risk of heart attack for people with certain blood types who have coronary artery disease.

The ABO gene -- which is present in people who have A, B, and AB blood types -- is the only gene that’s been validated in large international studies to predict heart attacks among people with coronary disease.

Previous studies have also shown links between small-particulate PM2.5 pollution and heart attacks, admission to the hospital …

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(2017-12-03), People with certain blood types are at increased risk of heart attack during periods of pollution, Heart Disease Weekly, 63, ISSN: 1532-4613, BUTTER® ID: 014742884