BACKGROUND Hypertension is a major health problem, especially because it has no clear symptoms. It is strongly correlated with modifiable risk factors such as adiposities, age, stress, high salt intake. Overweight and obesity is conveniently determined from BMI and visceral adiposity is determined by waist circumference. ABO blood group is one such factor which needs to be investigated. The pre...

There is no scientific consensus that a relationship exists between the ABO blood group and personality traits. However, a recent study hypothesized that the dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH) gene is in linkage with the ABO gene. The sample population consisted of 1,427 healthy Japanese subjects who completed the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). Each subject's ABO blood type was determi...

Other than being present at the surface of red blood cells, the antigens of the ABO blood group system are efficiently expressed by a variety of human cells and tissues. Several studies recently described the involvement of the ABO blood group in the pathogenesis of many human disorders, including cardiovascular disease and cancer, so that its clinical significance extends now beyond the tradit...

AIM To evaluate whether the ABO blood group is related to pancreatic cancer risk in the general population of the United States. METHODS Using the University of Pittsburgh's clinical pancreatic cancer registry, the blood donor database from our local blood bank (Central Blood Bank), and the blood product recipient database from the regional transfusion service (Centralized Transfusion Service...

the abo and rh blood groups of 9753 pregnant women were determined in the amin maternity hospital, isfahan, iran, from march 23, 1976 to july 11, 1977. their abo blood group frequencies were calculated as follows: 0=38.20%, a=30.67%, b=23.84% and ab=7.26%. also, 90.02% of the women were rh positive and the rest, namely, 9.98% were rh negative.

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none x-none background: this study was conducted to document the frequency abo & rhesus blood groups in potential male blood donor belong to south area of karnataka. methods: the data of blood donors from july 2009 to december 2009. results: total number of donors studied was 3048. the commonest blood group was o present in 37.87% followed by b in 29.98%, a in...

Objective: To study phenotypic prevalence of ABO, Rh and Kell blood group system Material and Method: Voluntary blood donors were tested for red cell antigen of ABO, Rh (D, C, c, E, e) and Kell (K) blood group systems. Each sample was tested using LISS/Coombs ABO-Rh gel card and DiaClon Rh subgroups +K gel card. Calculations of antigen and phenotypes frequencies were expressed as percentages an...

Objective Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease, affects women’s quality of life. Several studies revealed that both environmental and genetic factors contribute to the development of endometriosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution of ABO and Rh blood groups in Iranian women with endometriosis referring to two referral infertility centers in Tehran, Iran. Mate...

psoriasis is an common, chronic, recurrent, inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by red scaling plaques on the skin surface. the morphology of psoriatic lesions allows classification of the different types of psoriasis that included plaque type, pustular type and erythrodermic type. i have studied the relationship between distribution of rh and abo blood groups in 110 psoriatic patie...