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Dupuytren
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08/25/2006 23:55
Julia 
08/25/2006 23:55
Julia 
Dupuytren

I have 3 brothers and 1 sister and they all of Dupuytren's, I do not. We have been discussing this condition and the only difference we can come up with is the fact that they all have type A positive blood and I type O positive. Is there a connection there or are we grasping at straws?

08/26/2006 23:55
Mark D

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08/26/2006 23:55
Mark D

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DD & Gender

Julia:

DD hits males disproportionately - I've seen figures showing from 60% to 80& of the occurrences are in males.

So. your family experience is not unusual.

I don't know of ny statistical studies to test a hypothesis about blood type being correlated with DD.

Mark

09/02/2006 23:47
Stage One

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09/02/2006 23:47
Stage One

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Ontogeny/Phyongeny

I have no answer other than we inherit genetic characteristics from four grand parents via our two
parents. Apparently your siblings share blood type and perhaps other attributes (covariant.) Blood type may not
be a factor in DD/DC other than a relationship with some
other Mendelian trait. Of my 5 siblings, one resembles
the family side that had diabetes. He has adult onset
diabetes, not because he looks like them; rather because he
got similar genes. I have DD/DC and resemble many of my non DD/DC ancestors. I have O neg blood type. I am 3/4 Irish and 1/4 Scot; I can only guess the Viking factor.

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