Research Article

Clinically Significant Minor Blood Group Antigens amongst North Indian Donor Population

Table 6

Combined phenotype frequencies of MNSs 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−S+s−65 (6.5%)7.9%5.5%5.7%2.1%
M+N−S+s+208  (20.8%)14.8%13.3%14%7%
M+N−S−s+151 (15.1%)15.8%22.6%10.1%15.5%
M+N+S+s−50 (5%)3.5%4.6%3.9%2.2%
M+N+S+s+201  (20.1%)19.6%10.7%22.4%13%
M+N+S−s+204  (20.4%)13.9%27.8%22.6%33.4%
M−N+S+s−9 (0.9%)1.3%1.2%0.3%1.6%
M−N+S+s+45 (4.5%)9.5%3.5%5.4%4.5%
M−N+S−s+66 (6.6%)13.9%9.3%15.6%19.2%
M−N+S−s−0 (0%)0%0.3%0%0.7%