Author/Authors :
ARIF MAHMOOD, M Department of Medicine - Nishtar Medical College, Multan , ANJUM, A. HAMEED Department of Medicine - Nishtar Medical College, Multan , TARIN, S. M. A Department of Medicine - Nishtar Medical College, Multan , RAFIQ, SHAHID Department of Medicine - Nishtar Medical College, Multan , USMAN, M Department of Medicine - Nishtar Medical College, Multan , KHAWAR, SHIREEN Department of Physiology - Nishtar Medical College, Multan
Abstract :
In this study six thousand young healthy voluntary blood donors of either sex belonging to Multan region comprising of 5476 males and 524 females, were included from “Blood Transfusion Center Nishtar Hospital Multan” and “Fatmid Blood Transfusion Center Multan”. The commonest blood group observed in this study was “B” with frequency of 36.95%. The next common was group “O” with frequency of 33.8% followed by group “A” with frequency of 21.92% and group “AB” 7.33%. The frequency distribution of Rh blood group shows that 92.17% of the subjects are Rh-positive and 7.83% are Rh-negative. There was statistically no significant difference in the frequency of ABO and Rh blood groups between the two sexes
Keywords :
Blood Groups , ABO , Rh (D) , Frequency , Multan
