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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

value < 0.05 = Significantly different.
value > 0.05 = Not significantly different.