Almalki Ohoud S, Khalifa Amany S, Alhemeidi Ozouf F, Ewis Ashraf A, Shady Abeer M, Abdelwahab Sayed F
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Front Pharmacol. 2022 Nov 17;13:1006333. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.1006333. eCollection 2022.
Recent epidemiological studies have reported an association between the ABO blood group and the acquisition, symptom severity, and mortality rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, the association between the ABO blood group antigens and the type and severity of COVID-19 vaccine-related adverse reactions has not been elucidated. We conducted a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study in Saudi Arabia from February to April 2022. The study cohort included adults who had received or were willing to receive at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine of any type. We used Chi-square test to assess the association between the ABO blood groups and vaccine-related adverse reactions. values of <0.05 were considered significant. Of the 1180 participants, approximately half were aged 18-30 years old, 69.2% were female, and 41.6% reported their blood group as O. The most frequent COVID-19 vaccine-related adverse reactions were fatigue (65%), pain at the injection site (56%), and headache (45.9%). These adverse reactions demonstrated significant correlations with the education level ( = 0.003) and nationality ( = 0.018) of the participants following the first dose, with gender ( < 0.001) following the second dose, and with the general health status ( < 0.001) after all the doses. Remarkably, no correlation was observed between the severity of the vaccine-related adverse reactions and ABO blood groups. Our findings do not support a correlation between the severity of COVID-19 vaccine-related adverse reactions and the ABO blood groups of the vaccinees. The creation of a national database is necessary to account for population differences.
近期的流行病学研究报告称,ABO血型与2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)的感染、症状严重程度及死亡率之间存在关联。然而,ABO血型抗原与COVID-19疫苗相关不良反应的类型及严重程度之间的关联尚未阐明。我们于2022年2月至4月在沙特阿拉伯开展了一项基于问卷调查的横断面研究。研究队列包括已接种或愿意接种至少两剂任何类型COVID-19疫苗的成年人。我们使用卡方检验来评估ABO血型与疫苗相关不良反应之间的关联。P值<0.05被视为具有显著性。在1180名参与者中,约一半年龄在18至30岁之间,69.2%为女性,41.6%报告其血型为O型。最常见的COVID-19疫苗相关不良反应为疲劳(65%)、注射部位疼痛(56%)和头痛(45.9%)。这些不良反应在首剂接种后与参与者的教育程度(P = 0.003)和国籍(P = 0.018)、第二剂接种后与性别(P < 0.001)以及所有剂次接种后与总体健康状况(P < 0.001)之间呈现显著相关性。值得注意的是,未观察到疫苗相关不良反应的严重程度与ABO血型之间存在相关性。我们的研究结果不支持COVID-19疫苗相关不良反应的严重程度与疫苗接种者的ABO血型之间存在相关性。有必要建立一个国家数据库以考虑人群差异。