@article{Tasneem_Naeem_Uddin_Farid_Jabeen_Hafeez_2021, title={ASSOCIATION OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS WITH ABO AND RH BLOOD GROUP: ABO And Rh Blood Group}, volume={71}, url={https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/6130}, DOI={10.51253/pafmj.v71i5.6130}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objective:</strong> To find out the association of type 2 diabetes mellitus with ABO and Rh blood groups.</p> <p><strong>Study Design</strong>: Cross sectional study.</p> <p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> Department of Haematology, Combined Military Hospital Lahore, from Jul to Dec 2020.</p> <p><strong>Methodology:</strong> A total 179 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and 50 healthy individuals were inducted into the study. Five (5ml) blood from the patients was taken via clean aseptic venipuncture in a tube containing EDTA. HbA1C was generated through automated analyzer Cobas c501 and blood grouping was carried out using tube method by an experienced technician.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 179 (77.8%) individuals with diabetes mellitus type 2 and 50 (21.7%) healthy cases were inducted into the study as a control group. A statistically significant difference was observed with blood group B being the most prevalent among them (p=0.001). There was a greater frequency of Rh-negative blood group in patients having diabetes mellitus type 2 as compared to the control group.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> There is a strong association found between ABO and Rh blood group with diabetes mellitus type 2. Blood group B negative was the most common among the patients having diabetes mellitus type 2. Blood group O positive showed the least association.</p>}, number={5}, journal={Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal}, author={Tasneem, Asma and Naeem, Samina and Uddin, Nasir and Farid, Maria and Jabeen, Shehneela and Hafeez, Ammara}, year={2021}, month={Oct.}, pages={1848–51} }