Blood Type and Crohn's

[Mazen]

Hey Guys

I started a poll to see what is our blood type, and if it is related somehow to Crohn's. So please all join, so we can have a big sample and see if there is any relevance .............

http://www.crohnsforum.com/showthread.php?t=2400&p=26387#post26387

 

[Kev]

I think the poll merits becoming a sticky.. Just a thought.

 

[soupdragon69]

Something I think needs to be taken into account also is that the most common blood type is O positive..... so how would that squew the results?

*ooh devils advocate or what lol*

 

[Kev]

Good point. from my days of teaching statistics (talk about your boring occupations), as long as we factor in the breakdown of blood type in the general population, our poll results should follow suit.. if we get enuff folks to take it? LOL

The bigger the sample in our poll, the better... then if our poll is skewed, theres' a significant chance that it's not chance, but an indicator of some type.

 

[Mazen]

Good point Kev. Reminds me of the statistics course back in university.... I think if a lot of people participate, we can use statistical formulas to see if the result is statistically significant.......

Below are some info I found:

The O blood type (usually resulting from the absence of both A and B alleles) is very common around the world. About 63% of humans share it. Type O is particularly high in frequency among the indigenous populations of Central and South America, where it approaches 100%. It also is relatively high among Australian Aborigines and in Western Europe (especially in populations with Celtic ancestors). The lowest frequency of O is found in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where B is common.

So basically if we get a result higher than 63% percent by an acceptable margin, we can deduce something.....

 

[Mazen]

I found a testimonial on the net where a guy with Crohn's and type O did well on the Blood type diet; check Jon in the below link

http://pages.prodigy.net/mattgreen/fb-jul01.htm

 

[Mazen]

Till now, in the poll, 10 out of 13 are O i.e. 77% (more than general average of 63%); but we still need a larger sample .........