Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences1028-88801812-5735Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/pjbs.2014.868.871PourhassanAbolfazl 62014176During past decades, a connection between hepatitis and the
host ABO/Rh blood groups has been always under dispute, with no appropriately
designed study yet. This study aimed to investigate possible association between
ABO blood/Rh groups with both hepatitis B and C. In this case-control setting,
200 healthy individuals (controls), 200 patients with chronic Hepatitis-B infection
(HB) and 200 patients with chronic Hepatitis-C infection (HC) were recruited
from 2010 to 2013 in Tabriz Sina Hospital. ABO blood and Rh grouping was performed
and the results were compared between the case and control groups. Both pair
of the control and HB groups and the control and HC groups were matched for
their subjects age and sex. In the control group, 178 subjects (89%) were
Rh+ and 22 subjects (11%) were Rh-. In the HB group, there were 180 Rh+(90%)
and 20 Rh-(10%) patients. In the HC group there were 168 Rh+(84%) and 32 Rh-negative
(16%) patients. Both pair of the control and HB groups (p = 0.74), as well as
the control and HC groups (p = 0.14) were comparable for the status of Rh. In
the control group there were 84 (42%), 32 (16%), 66 (33%) and 18 (9%) subjects
with A, B, O and AB blood groups, respectively. The corresponding figures were
84 (42%), 34 (17%), 58 (29%) and 24 (12%) for the HB patients; and 80 (40%),
29 (14.5%), 85 (42.5%) and 6 (3%) for the HC patients. Comparing between the
control and HB groups showed no significant difference in terms of the frequency
of ABO blood groups (p = 0.70). However, with comparing the control and HC groups,
the rate of O blood group was significantly higher in the HC group and concomitantly,
the rate of AB blood group was significantly higher in the control group (p
= 0.04). Although, there is not a significant association between ABO blood
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