Frequency of the ABO and Duffy Phenotypes among Saudi Population in Eastern Provence
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Objectives: To document the frequency of the ABO and Duffy blood groups antigens and phenotypes among Saudi population in eastern province. Methods: Hundred healthy individual adult have participated in this study (50 males, 50 females). Their blood was tested for ABO and for common Duffy antigens by using the tube agglutination method. Results: The O antigen was the most common antigen among the study group (39%), followed by A (35%), B (18%), and the least common antigen was AB (8%). The most common Duffy antigens were Fya antigen (16%) and also Fyb antigen (16%). Regarding to Frequency of Duffy phenotypes, the phenotype Fy (a-b-) was the commonest Duffy phenotype (72%), followed by Fy (a+b-) and Fy (a-b+), and Fy (a+b+) was least common (4%). Conclusion: The O blood group is the most common phenotype in Saudi population, and the AB blood group is the least common phenotype. The phenotypes Fy (a-b-) was found to be of the highest frequency in our study than the other phenotypes. There is no significant difference between males & females of Saudi population in the distribution of ABO & Duffy blood group systems.
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Latefah Almsned
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