Pattern of Blood Groups among Students of Major Ethnic Groups in Kogi State University, Anyigba-Nigeria

Abstract

Among the several blood groups so far discovered, research on the ABO group system has drawn the most interest principally due to its medical importance I different diseases. A population of three thousand, three hundred and forty students randomly selected from among student population of the Kogi State University, Anyigba-Nigeria with the aim of having information ' on the distribution of the ABO and Rh blood groups along the major ethnic groups in the State. Differences were observed in the distribution of tire blood among the ethnic subjects with blood group O having the highest distribution among the ABO groups and followed by tire B, while AB had tire least cutting across the major ethnic groups so studied. Also the Rh positive had the highest percentage while Rh negative had tire lowest across the ethnic ' groups in tire state.