SERUM-CHOLESTEROL, SERUM-TRIGLYCERIDE AND ABO BLOOD GROUPS IN A POPULATION OF 50-YEAR-OLD DANISH MEN AND WOMEN1

Abstract

Hagerup, L. (Glostrup Hospital, 2600 Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark), P. F. Hansen and F. Skov. Serum-cholesterol, serum-triglyceride and ABO blood groups in a population of 50-year-old Danish men and women. Am J Epidemiol 95: 99–103, 1971.–During a prevalence study of 50-year-old Danish men and women, one of the aspects examined was the relationship between ABO blood groups and serum-cholesterol and serum-triglyceride levels. Significant relationships were found between high cholesterol and triglyceride levels and group A blood in men, whereas those with group B blood presented lower levels. Similar relationships were found in women, particularly in those who had passed menopause. Furthermore, the relationship between rhesus-group and cholesterol levels in women was found to be highly significant.