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. 2021 Jan 7;14(1):12.
doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-05429-z.

Retrospective study of frequency of ABO and Rhesus blood group among population of Safdarabad and Faisalabad cities of Pakistan

Ali Sabir  1 , Arslan Iftikhar  1 , Muhammad Umar Ijaz  2 , Ghulam Hussain  1 , Azhar Rasul  3 , Rana Khalid Iqbal  4 , Faiqa Sajid  1 , Haseeb Anwar  5
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Retrospective study of frequency of ABO and Rhesus blood group among population of Safdarabad and Faisalabad cities of Pakistan

Ali Sabir et al. BMC Res Notes. .

Abstract

Objective: The current study aimed to investigate the ABO and rhesus (Rh) blood group frequency in the people of District Faisalabad and Sheikhupura, Punjab Province, Pakistan. The retrospective study was conducted on more than thirty thousand people including both male and female patients admitted to the Tehsil Headquarter Hospital, Safdarabad and The Best Hospital, Faisalabad. Blood samples were taken from each subject and subsequently ABO and Rh blood groups were evaluated separately. The antigen antibody agglutination slide test for blood grouping (ABO) and Rh were used to assess the blood group frequencies.

Results: The frequencies of ABO blood group distribution indicated that blood group B was predominant in the people of Safdarabad followed by O, A and AB respectively. While, among people of Faisalabad, blood group O was predominant followed B, A and AB respectively. Rh negative phenotype was found lesser distributed as compared to the positive Rh phenotype.

Keywords: ABO blood group; Blood group frequency; Rh (d) phenotypes.

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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