DISTRIBUTION OF ABO AND RH BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM IN THE GENERAL HUMAN POPULATION OF LARKANA DIVISION NORTHERN SINDH IN FOCUS

Abstract

The analysis of ABO blood groups and allelic frequencies were studied in a random sample of 9110 individuals. Blood samples collected from visitors of Chandka Medical College (CMC) Larkana, in the year 1996-97, yield allelic frequencies of 0.19±0.0030, 0.2315±0.0037, 0.5773+0.0082 and 0.7552+0.002337 and 0.2448+0.01677 for A, B, O and D alleles, Rh+ve and Rh-ve, while chi-square contribution is x²(3)=1.8065. and 'P' value comes out to be P=0.95. The distribution is similar to that recorded for many cities of Pakistan but different from the population. of cities Hyderabad and Jamshoro (Southern Sindh).