Research Article

Clinically Significant Minor Blood Group Antigens amongst North Indian Donor Population

Table 5

Phenotype frequencies of MN and Ss in MNS blood group system.

PhenotypeIn 1000 cases (%)Indian study by Thakral et al. [7]Indian study by Nanu and Thapliyal [8]In Europeans [14, 15]In African Americans [14, 15]

M+N−425  (42.5%) 38.5% 42.3% 28% 26%
M−N+120 (12.0%)24.6%14.6%22%30%
M+N+455  (45.5%)36.9%43.1%50%44%
S+s−124 (12.4%)12.6%10%11%03%
S−s+421  (42.1%)43.5%62.1%45%69%
S+s+454  (45.4%)43.9%26.8%44%28%
S−s−1 (0.1%)0%1.2%0%01%