ABO and Rh Antigen Distribution Among Pregnant Women in South Western Uganda

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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of the Participants (N=1369)

Variable	Category	Frequency	%
Age (n=1365)	(Min=14yrs; Max=45yrs); (Med= 25yrs; IQR=10yrs)
Parity (n=1350)	(Min=0; Max=11); (Med= 2; IQR= 3)
Gravidity (n=1354)	(Min=0; Max=12); (Med= 3; IQR= 3)
Trimester (n=1327)	First	88	6.6
	Second	862	65.0
	Third	377	28.4

Table 2 The ABO, Rh Antigen Distribution in the Study Participants (N=1369)

Variable	Category	Frequency	%
ABO blood group	A	404	29.5
	B	233	17.0
	AB	56	4.1
	O	676	49.4
Rh group	Pos	1281	94.3
	Neg	78	5.7

Table 3 The Rh Antigen Distribution (N=1369)

Variable	Frequency	%
Rh Antigen - D	1299	94.9
Rh antigen - C	263	19.2
Rh antigen - E	218	15.9
Rh antigen - c	1360	99.3
Rh antigen - e	1366	99.8

Table 4 The Rh Antigen Phenotype Combination Distribution (N=1369)

Variable	Category	Frequency	%
Rh antigen	ccDee (cDe/cDe)	891	65.1
	CcDee (cDe/CDe)	205	15.0
	Ccdee (Cde/cde)	17	1.2
	CcDEe (cDe/CDE)	39	2.8
	ccDEe (cDe/cDE)	148	10.8
	CCDee (CDe/CDe)	7	0.5
	ccdee (cde/cde)	60	4.4
	ccDEE (cDE/cDE)	2	0.1

Table 5 Distribution of Rh Antigens by ABO Blood Groups

Blood Group	Rh Antigens
	D (%)	C (%)	E (%)	c (%)	e (%)
A	387 (29.8)	81 (30.8)	61 (28.0)	401 (29.5)	404 (29.6)
B	214 (16.5)	45 (17.1)	33 (15.1)	230 (16.9)	232 (17.0)
AB	54 (4.1)	13 (4.9)	9 (4.1)	55 (4.0)	56 (4.1)
O	644 (49.6)	124 (47.1)	115 (52.8)	674 (49.6)	674 (49.3)