Research Article

Distribution and Frequency of ABO and Rhesus (D) Blood Groups in Somalia: A Retrospective Study on Students of Jazeera University, Mogadishu-Somalia

Table 1

ABO-D Blood Groups Distribution and Sex.

ABO-D blood groupsMaleFemaleTotal
N (%)
n (%)n (%)

O+523 (48)558 (52)1081 (62)
A+235 (49)241 (51)476 (27)
B+72 (44)93 (56)165 (9)
Ab+19 (50)19 (50)38 (2)
Total840 (48)911 (52)1751 (97)
O-8 (28)21 (72)29 (57)
A-5 (36)9 (64)14 (27)
B-4 (67)2 (33)6 (12)
AB-2 (100)0 (0)2 (4)
Total19 (37)32 (62)51 (3)

(χ2 = 1.395, P-value 0.708) for ABO antigen and sex. (χ2 = 1.853, P-value 0.796) for D antigen and sex.