A report last year, based on a study of a British population, that A blood groups are significantly more common among members of the higher socio-economic groups (classes I and II) has generated a wealth of correspondence, some of which appears in what follows together with a reply from the original authors. The general conclusion seems to be that there can be no general conclusion.
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MASCIE-TAYLOR, C., MCMANUS, I. Blood group and socio-economic class. Nature 309, 395–396 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/309395a0
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