Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: July-September | Volume: 4 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 16-19
ABO Blood Groups and Risk for Obesity: A Retrospective Study from Rural Tertiary Care Hospital of South Karnataka
Jayakumar Papanna1, Shruthi Bettegowda2
1Assistant Professor, 2Associate Professor,
Department of Medicine, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Balagangadharanatha Nagar, Nagamangala, Mandya -571448, India.
Corresponding Author: Shruthi Bettegowda
ABSTRACT
Background: Genetic factors are one of the non modifiable risk factors for obesity. The ABO blood group is one such pivotal genetic determinant that can give valuable information for early detection of risk population. The objective of our study was to assess the relationship between blood group and obesity.
Method: Hospital records of all blood donors, who donated their blood in the blood bank from March 2018 to March 2019 was reviewed. In this retrospective study1514 blood donor records were reviewed. All available data for each donor was studied in detail to determine distribution of ABO and Rh blood group in these individuals. Details about height and weight were collected from hospital records. Blood groups were determined using the slide haemagglutination technique.
Result: In the present study of 1514 patients, obese individuals constituted 29.26% followed by overweight (26.28%) individuals. The highest percentage of obese individuals (19.01%) had blood group O, 5.54% had blood group B, 3.29% had blood group A, and the least percentage (1.38%) had blood group AB. Maximum number of overweight persons belonged to O blood group (14%).
Conclusion: This study showed that more obese and overweight individuals were belonged to blood group O and fewer patients were in blood group AB. More population based studies with large sample size needed in future; various geographical areas and populations should be considered.
Key words: ABO blood groups, Obesity, Overweight