Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
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The most important and widely practised ABO and Rh (D) blood group system varies in frequency from population to population. The data of distribution of blood group is necessary for planning health care delivery in regard to blood transfusion service. As there is no data available in our region we undertook this study. To provide data regarding distribution of ABO and Rh (D) system at Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India. This was a cross sectional study where the anonymised blood group data of college entrants at Kancheepuram were analyzed and presented. There were 1038 subjects, M:F 583:455, the age of the subjects were 17 Yrs 19.20%, 18 yrs 29.76%, 19 yrs 32.36%, 20 yrs 15.70% and 21 yrs 2.986%, the frequency distribution of ABO and Rh (D) system was: A group 19.17%, B group 36.31%, O group 38.63%, AB group 5.876%, Rh positive 94.5% and Rh negative 5.491%. This can be represented as O>B>A>AB. The allele frequencies of our study were A group allele frequency ‐0.2032, B group allele frequency ‐0.3945 and O group allele frequency ‐0.4023, Rh (D) positive allele 0.4712 and Rh (D) negative allele 0.0275. The results of our study are consistent with studies from our region. Worldwide the common blood groups are O and B. Our study included college entrants which resemble the general population unlike hospital‐based volunteer blood donors data. The frequency distribution of ABO and Rh (D) at Kancheepuram is O>B>A>AB which is consistent with our neighbouring region.
How to cite this article:
S. Keerthana, Somnath Verma, Bhavishya Sundar, P. Padmanabhan and N. Dinakaran. Distribution of ABO and Rh (D) Blood Group System Among College Entrants at Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2024.3.169.171
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