Association Between ABO Blood Groups And Myocardial Infarction In Jodhpur City of India

Abstract

Background: Many reports have appeared in recent years showing an association between blood  groups and Myocardial Infarction. Clinical studies have shown a significant association between MI  and blood group B.

Objective: To investigate correlation of ABO blood groups with risk of MI.

Methods: The present cross sectional study analyzed ABO blood group among total 400 subjects of  any age from the local population of Jodhpur city from July to December 2011.Among them 200  subjects were normal health (135 male and 65 female) students of Dr. S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur  and another 200 (135 male, 65 female) were MI patients admitted in the CCU of Mathura Das  Memorial (MDM) Hospital, Jodhpur. ABO blood group of all subjects were determined by slide  agglutination method. Risk of MI was expressed by risk ratio. Data were analyzed by one sample chi  square test.

Results: The results obtained in this study showed that the prevalence of MI in blood  group B is significantly higher than in all other ABO blood groups.

Conclusion: The results may  conclude that there is a significant association between MI and blood group B. So this study reveals  MI risk is associated with the blood group B.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbsp.v7i1.11154

J Bangladesh Soc Physiol. 2012, June; 7(1): 13-17