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Blood type association with bleeding outcomes at delivery in a large multi-center study

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Postpartum hemorrhage is a leading cause of maternal death globally. Recent studies have associated Type-O group to increased risk of bleeding. We aimed to determine if women with Type-O blood are at higher risk of PPH. This is a retrospective cohort analysis of a multi-center database included women admitted to labor and delivery from January 2015 to June 2018. All deliveries resulting in live birth were included. Association between Type-O and non Type-O were examined using chi-square test and fishers exact test. Prevalence of postpartum hemorrhage, estimated blood loss, drop in hematocrit and red blood cell transfusion were compared. The matched sample included 40,964 Type-O and the same number of no Type-O. The overall prevalence of postpartum hemorrhage was 6.4%, and there was no difference in the prevalence of PPH among Type-O compared to non Type-O (6.38% vs. 6.37% respectively; p = 0.96). There was no difference in hematocrit drop and estimated blood loss between Type-O and non Type-O in all deliveries. However, in cesarean delivery there was a significant difference in blood loss among the two groups. Finally, Type-O had 1.09-fold increased risk for transfusion compared to non Type O (95% CI 0.9–1.34). There is an association between Type-O group and risk of bleeding in women undergoing cesarean delivery. More prospective studies, taking into account coagulation profile, platelet count and tissue factors, are needed to draw a conclusion on whether ABO system can be considered a heritable risk of postpartum hemorrhage.

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  1. Najeebah A. Bade and Jamil M. Kazma have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Division of Hematology and Oncology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

    Najeebah A. Bade

  2. Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The George Washington University, 2150 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC, 20037, USA

    Jamil M. Kazma & Homa K. Ahmadzia

  3. Department of Surgery, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

    Richard L. Amdur

  4. School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

    Julia Ellis-Kahana

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Bade, N.A., Kazma, J.M., Amdur, R.L. et al. Blood type association with bleeding outcomes at delivery in a large multi-center study. J Thromb Thrombolysis 50, 439–445 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-019-02023-4

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