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People with one of the type A blood groups are more likely to have a stroke before the age of 60 compared with people with other blood types, research shows.Among the most familiar are those named A and B, which can be present together as AB, individually as A or B, or not present at all, as O.Even within these major blood types, there are subtle variations arising from mutations in the genes responsible.
A genome-wide search revealed two locations strongly associated with an earlier risk of stroke. One coincided with the spot where genes for blood type sit. While the study findings may seem alarming – that blood type could change early stroke risk – let's put these results into context. For this, the researchers used a dataset of about 9,300 people over the age of 60 who had a stroke, and some 25,000 controls over the age of 60 who didn't have a stroke.
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