Dit is wat van invloed is op uw risico op sommige ziekten.

1. Bloedgroep en alvleesklierkanker

Als u bloedgroep A, AB of B heeft, is uw kans op het ontwikkelen van alvleesklierkanker aanzienlijk groter. Moleculen in rode bloedcellen van type A en B helpen bepaalde bacteriën, H. pylori genaamd, in je darmen te groeien. Het kan ervoor zorgen dat u meer kans heeft om alvleesklierkanker te krijgen.

2. Bloedgroep en hartaanval en erectiestoornissen

According to researchers from the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands, people with types A, B or AB are nine per cent more likely to have heart attacks than those with type O.

One reason for this, according to Dr Ellen Maxwell from Melbourne Pathology, could be the way the antigens influence a substance called von Willebrand factor, which causes our blood to clot.

“Levels of this are 20-30 per cent lower in people with type O, meaning their blood is simply less sticky compared to non-O individuals,” Ellen explains.

Sticky blood is also thought to be why risk of stroke is higher in A, B or AB types.

Men with these blood types are also more likely to experience erectile dysfunction because the thicker blood may not reach the genitals as effectively as thinner blood.

The antigens might also have an impact on the diseases you’re most at risk of, or how severe they are if you get them.