Research Article
RhC Phenotyping, Adsorption/Elution Test, and SSP-PCR: The Combined Test for D-Elute Phenotype Screening in Thai RhD-Negative Blood Donors
Table 2
Distribution of RhD-negative, DEL, and True D-negative phenotypes in four different populations.
| No. Apparent Rh phenotypes | This study | Taiwan [17] | Hong Kong [12] | Japan [16] | 254 | 50 | 204 | 395 | 126 | 269 | 465 | 136 | 329 | 306 | 102 | 204 | RhD (−) | DEL | True D (−) | RhD (−) | DEL | True D (−) | RhD (−) | DEL | True D (−) | RhD (−) | DEL | True D (−) |
| C (+) | | | | | | | | | | | | | CCee | 6.3 | 16.0 | 3.9 | 4.8** | 14.3** | 0.4* | 6.9** | 19.1** | 1.8** | 2.0* | 3.92* | 0.5* | CCEe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3* | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | Ccee | 39.7 | 84.0 | 28.9 | 37.0** | 83.3** | 15.2* | 33.8** | 78.7** | 15.2* | 28.0* | 52.0* | 16.2* | CcEe | 0.4 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.3** | 1.6** | 1.1** | 1.1** | 2.2** | 0.6** | 22.0* | 44.1* | 10.3* | CcEE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | Subtotal | 46.4 | 100 | 33.3 | 43.3 | 100 | 16.4 | 41.7 | 100 | 17.6 | 52.0 | 100 | 27.9 |
| C (−) | | | | | | | | | | | | | ccee | 51.6 | 0 | 64.2 | 54.7** | 0 | 80.6* | 56.8** | 0 | 80.2* | 19.0* | 0 | 28.9* | ccEe | 1.6 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0** | 0 | 3.0** | 1.5** | 0 | 2.1** | 19.0* | 0 | 28.9* | ccEE | 0.4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0* | 0 | 14.2* | Subtotal | 53.6 | 0 | 66.7 | 56.7 | 0 | 83.6 | 58.3 | 0 | 82.3 | 48.0 | 0 | 72.1 |
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value < 0.05 = Significantly different. value > 0.05 = Not significantly different.
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