Ali Sabir1, Arslan Iftikhar1, Muhammad Umar Ijaz2, Ghulam Hussain1, Azhar Rasul3, Rana Khalid Iqbal4, Faiqa Sajid1, Haseeb Anwar5. 1. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan. 2. Department of Zoology, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. 3. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan. 4. Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan. 5. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan. drhaseebanwar@gcuf.edu.pk.
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.
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.
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Keywords:
ABO blood group; Blood group frequency; Rh (d) phenotypes