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Re:Genes, blood type tied to risk of severe Covid-19 by hinkley on Thursday June 18, 2020 @03:10PM (#23566559)
With those sort of numbers I kind of wonder if there isn't some other gene that is correlated with type O blood, rather than the blood type itself.
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Re:Genes, blood type tied to risk of severe Covid-19 by DoreenMichele on Thursday June 18, 2020 @04:27PM (#23567601)
Given how it impacts the blood (clotting), I don't see any reason to think you need to look for some other explanation beyond blood type.
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Re:Genes, blood type tied to risk of severe Covid-19 by zosima on Thursday June 18, 2020 @03:23PM (#23566723)
Why would you think that?

A p-value of 1.4e-8 is significant enough when there is a prior hypothesis. And the odds-ratio looks normal too.

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