The Relationship Between Blood groups and Coronary Artery Diseases

Purpose: To access the association between blood groups and coronary artery diseases, and to determine the causes that lead to this association. Methods: Ninety persons included in the study, 60 as patients group which are suffering from coronary artery diseases and 30 as controls group which are healthy and free from the diseases. The blood groups was analyzed and divided each group into four groups according to the blood groups, also the level of lipids in the blood measured by spectrophotometer. Results: The results of the study show that blood group O predominates in both studied group (patients and controls) in Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf city followed by A, B, and AB. The statistical analysis of the study shows the blood group AB of patients and blood group B of controls have a significant increment (P