Background: Many studies have supported a number of associations between ABO blood type and certain diseases, including pancreatic cancer, venous thromboembolism, and myocardial infarction in the presence of coronary atherosclerosis, sexual maturity, breast cancer, cancer, infections, Diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases ,hypertension, peptic ulcers, intelligence and socioeconomic class ,personality, suicide ,BMI and obesity . The ABO blood group is one such pivotal genetic determinant that can give valuable information for early detection of risk population.
The present study aims to investigate and to reveal the relationship between ABO blood groups and body mass index (BMI) among Sudanese medical students
Method: by using the cross –sectional study involve 105 medical students ,53 male ,52 female ,in a group of age 16 and 32 International Africa University (IUA),faculty of medicine. Weight, height for BMI and blood groups were determined in order to find any association between ABO blood group and BMI.
Result: Blood group O+ was most prevalent 28.6 % followed by A+ 25.7 %, B+ 23.8 %, O- 8.6 %, AB+ 4.8, A- 4.8 %, B- 1.9 % and AB- 1. Obesity was insignificantly (p= 652) as in our study we did not observe any significant difference regarding the ABO blood group in relation to , BMI, and Rhesus blood group. The prevalence of overweight observed in this study is similar to that of a cross-sectional study conducted among sampled students in other studies.
Conclusion: This study provides a ground for future research to confirm or refute the hypothesis of ABO type association with BMI
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