STUDY OF SEX RATIO, ABO AND Rh BLOOD GROUPS DISTRIBUTION IN SOME HAEMATOLOGICAL AND LYMPHATIC DISEASES IN IRAN

• Main Authors: D.D. Farhud, H. Sadighi, L. Andonian, M. Saffari
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 1995-08-01
• Series: Iranian Journal of Public Health
• Subjects: Hematological diseases; Lymphatic diseases
• Online Access: http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/1457.pdf&manuscript_id=1457

Associations of some hematological and lymphatic diseases with sex and ABO and Rh blood groups were studied in 2579 patients, compared with a control group of 126332 individuals, by the use of clinical as well as laboratory findings, in Tehran. Highly significant increase of male/female ratio is shown in acute myelogenous leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, aplastic anaemia and paroxismal nocturnal haematuria. Idiopathic thrombocy’topoenic purpura shows a decrease of this ration. In chronic myelocytic leukemia and acute lymphocytic leukemia, group 0 has the highest incidence, followed by groups A and B, and group AB has the lowest incidence. Between various diseases, the highest frequency of blood group A was went observed in Hodgkin’s disease, and the lowest in NHL. Group B had highest frequency within PNH patients and the lowest in NHL. Group 0 had the highest In AML patients there is a significant decrease of Rh negative patient 17.15%). The highest incidence of Rh negative was among the SA patients (18.18%) and the lowest in MM (3.70%).