Type A, B, AB: Heart disease
Non-O blood types have 25 to 30 percent higher levels of blood clotting proteins known as von Willebrand factor and factor VIII. In part, because of that difference, these folks also have a 15 percent greater risk of dying from heart disease, reports 2015 research from BMC Medicine.
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