A AB B blood carriers at higher risk of disease and stroke, new research finds stat : News Online from Australia and the World

There is speculation it could be due to higher levels of a blood-clotting protein in people with A, B, and AB blood. In Australia, 49 per cent of people carry blood type O with the remaining 51 per cent blood groups A, B or AB. People with A or B blood cannot donate to someone with O type blood. People with AB blood are generally thought to be the most at risk from heart disease. Heart disease and strokes are the biggest killers of Australians and the biggest risk factor for both of them is high blood pressure.




Gluten-free diets are popular these days, but a new study finds that avoiding gluten won't lower your risk of heart disease. "These findings do not support the promotion of a gluten-restricted diet with a goal of reducing coronary heart disease risk," the researchers wrote in their paper. But no long term studies have examined whether gluten affects the risk of chronic conditions such as coronary heart disease, in people without celiac disease, the researchers said. In people with celiac disease, the protein triggers an immune reaction that damages the lining of the small intestine. The researchers also found that gluten intake actually initially appeared to be linked with a lower risk of heart attack.


Fatal coronary heart disease was confirmed via medical records or autopsy reports or if coronary heart disease was listed as the cause of death on the death certificate and there was previous evidence of coronary heart disease in the medical records. We designated as probable those cases in which coronary heart disease was the underlying cause on the death certificate but no previous knowledge of coronary heart disease was indicated and medical records concerning the death were unavailable. Conclusion Long term dietary intake of gluten was not associated with risk of coronary heart disease. Results During 26 years of follow-up encompassing 2 273 931 person years, 2431 women and 4098 men developed coronary heart disease. We tested for the association between cumulative average gluten intake and the development of coronary heart disease, comparing each fifth of gluten intake with the lowest fifth.


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