Blood type affects the risk of stroke in people before the age of 60 more than in older people, BTA reported, citing results of a large-scale study.

Previous research has shown a link between blood type and the risk of ischemic stroke.

People with blood type 0 are at relatively low risk compared to those with blood type A, B or AB.

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The study, the results of which were published by the specialized publication "Neurology", found that blood type was more strongly associated with the risk of stroke in younger people (before the age of 60) than in older people.

It turns out that blood type A is a risk factor.

However, scientists emphasize that blood type does not have a very strong impact.

On average, people with type A blood are about 16 percent more likely to have a stroke before age 60 than people with other blood types.

Blood type 0 was associated with a 12 percent drop in risk.

"People with blood type A should not worry," said Braxton Mitchell, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, US.

Many factors affect the risk of stroke, including some that can change, unlike blood type.

People can stop smoking, exercise regularly, eat a healthy diet, control high blood pressure, diabetes and other conditions that increase risk, he said.

Strokes among younger people are not widespread, but they are not out of the question.

Among the nearly 800,000 Americans who have a stroke on average annually, 10 to 15 percent are 45 and under, according to the American Heart Association.

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