As per latest estimates from the International Diabetes Federation, there are about 382 million people living with diabetes worldwide. A person’s genetic disposition and unhealthy lifestyle habits are some of the common factors that increase the risk of diabetes.
Adding to this, a new study has found that women with blood groups A, B and AB are at higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. However, people with ‘O’ blood type have a lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
For the study, researchers collected data from more than 80,000 women in France who were followed between 1990 and 2008. The results showed that when compared to women with ‘O’ blood type, those with ‘A’ blood group were 10 percent more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes and those with blood group ‘B’ had a 21 percent higher risk.
Besides this, the AB group was 17 percent more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes.
Moreover, the highest risk of developing Type 2 diabetes was found in B+ blood type (35 percent increased risk), followed by AB+ (26 percent), A- (22 percent), A+ (17 percent).
PNN/Agencies