Relative Susceptibilities of ABO Blood Groups to Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Ghana

Table 2

Blood group distribution in complicated cases and uncomplicated controls.

Category		Parasite density (% of parasitized RBCs)	Hb (g/dL)
Complicated cases
A	32	11.906 (±2.487)	9.705 (±0.862)
AB	26	9.088 (±1.583)	9.430 (±0.948)
B	36	11.400 (±2.965)	9.536 (±0.883)
O	18	8.497 (±1.402)	9.656 (±0.965)
value (ANOVA)		<0.0001	0.676
Uncomplicated controls
A	40	8.567 (±1.943)	12.358 (±1.262)
AB	29	7.610 (±2.123)	12.537 (±1.526)
B	38	8.605 (±1.886)	12.237 (±1.084)
O	74	6.546 (±1.596)	12.300 (±1.291)
value (ANOVA)		<0.0001	0.800