Lutf Ullah, Tanvir Ahmad Bhatti, Asif Hanif, Shabbir Husain Shaikh, Bilal Zakariah Khan, Irfan Ahmad Bukhshi.
Abo blood group distribution and ischaemic heart disease.
Ann King Edward Med Uni Jan ;17(1):36-40.

Objectives: To study the association of ABO blood groups with ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in our setting. Study Design: Analytic comparative study. Setting: Department of Cardiology, Mayo hospital, Lahore over a period of two years from January 2008 to December 2009. Subjects and Methods: The study group included 907 patients of IHD. The distribution of ABO blood groups in IHD patients was compared with the control group of 907 non-IHD individuals. Data was analyzed using SPSS 16. Chi-square test for significance was used. P-value less than 0.05 was taken as significant.Results: In this study, the following pattern of ABO blood groups was observed in IHD patients and non-IHD patients respectively : Blood group A 251 (27.67%) and 248 (27.34%); Blood group B 329 (36.27%) and 358 (39.47%); Blood group O 235 (25.90%) and 240 (24.46%); Blood group AB 92 (10.14%) and 61 (6.72%), P-value = 0.06. Conclusion: There is no association of ABO blood groups and ischaemic heart disease.

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