In the past century, and especially in recent decades, there’s been interest in how the ABO blood type may relate to disease risk.
Cardiovascular disease: Blood type AB was associated with a 23 percent higher risk of cardiovascular disease, compared with type O, while type B was associated with an 11 percent higher risk, and type A, a 5 percent higher risk. Type AB with an increase in inflammation, both of which can raise heart disease risk.
Cancer: A, B, or AB blood type were at higher risk for developing stomach cancer (as well as of dying from heart disease), compared with people who were type O.
Diabetes: Type 2 diabetes was more likely to develop in those with type A and B blood, compared with type O.
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