Abstract

Background and objective: Knowledge of distribution of ABO and Rh blood groups is useful in health care planning, appropriate allocation of resources and also certain diseases or malignancies have predilection for certain blood groups. This study is aimed to determine frequency distribution of ABO and Rh blood groups as well as to determine the trend of prevalence of blood groups among medical students of KIMS, Hubli. Materials and method- This observational cross sectional study was done at department of physiology (haematology Lab) KIMS, Hubli, Karnataka, South India. A total 524 medical students, out of which 359 males and 165 females in the age group of 18-21 years were randomly selected for the study. Results- Statistical analysis was done using Chi-square test to determine statistical significance at “p” value of < 0.05. The distribution of ABO blood groups follow following pattern: O=34.92%, B=27.86% A =25.19%, AB=12.02% .There is no statistical significant relationship between male and female students in their blood groups. Conclusion- Among our medical students O +ve and O-ve are most common and AB+ve and AB -ve are least common. Rh positive blood group seen in 94.9% of the students. Only 5.1 % of the students in our study group were Rh negative. Among Males 95.26% are Rh positive and 4.73% are negative. Among females 93.93% are Rh positive and 6.06% are negative.

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