Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T153 |
0-15 |
Sentence |
denotes |
3.3 Blood type |
T154 |
16-204 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In a recent investigation, scientists in China looked into the pattern of blood type distribution in 2,173 patients in three hospitals, who had been confirmed to have SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. |
T155 |
205-376 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Accordingly, they compared their findings regarding the blood type of patients with that of the healthy population who lived in the same area as the patients in the study. |
T156 |
377-498 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Apparently, there was a higher prevalence of blood type A among the patients with COVID‐19 than in the normal population. |
T157 |
499-662 |
Sentence |
denotes |
On the contrary, it seemed that individuals with O blood type were spared somehow, as there were fewer patients with this blood type in this study (both p < .001). |
T158 |
663-838 |
Sentence |
denotes |
A series of meta‐analyses on the available data indicated a significantly higher risk for COVID‐19 in people with blood type A, relative to individuals with non‐A blood types. |
T159 |
839-1049 |
Sentence |
denotes |
However, an opposite scenario seemed to be true for the blood type O community, since, according to the literature, are less susceptible for contracting infectious diseases such as COVID‐19 (Zhao et al., 2020). |