Association of ABO blood groups with diabetes mellitus

Figures & data

Table 1. Association of blood groups with diabetes mellitus type 2

Blood groups	Patients	Control	Chi-square test patients vs. controls	P-value
A	11 (15.17%)	35 (25%)	12.522	<0.001
B	25 (35.71%)	31 (22.14%)	0.643	0.423
AB	10 (14.29%)	19 (13.57%)	2.793	0.095
O	24 (34.29%)	55 (39.29%)	12.165	<0.001

Note. The frequency of blood groups is shown in parentheses.

Table 2. ABO blood groups percentage distribution in patients with diabetes mellitus

Blood groups	Number of patients	Percentage (%)
A	11	15.71
B	25	35.71
AB	10	14.28
O	24	34.28

Table 3. ABO blood groups and their percents among the healthy control

Blood groups	Number of control samples	Percentage (%)
A	35	25
B	31	22.14
AB	19	13.57
O	55	39.28

Table 4. ABO blood groups distribution among races for patients with diabetes mellitus

	Race
Blood groups	Malay	Chinese	Indian	Total
A	10 (17.5%)	1 (12.5%)	0	11
B	20 (35.1%)	3 (37.5%)	2 (40%)	25
AB	7 (17.5%)	1 (12.5%)	2 (40%)	10
O	20 (35.1%)	3 (37.5%)	1 (20%)	24
Total	57 (100%)	8 (100%)	5 (100%)	70

Table 5. Distribution of ABO blood groups between genders for both controls and patients

	Control				Patients
Blood groups	Male	Percentage (%)	Female	Percentage (%)	Male	Percentage (%)	Female	Percentage (%)
A	15	22.73	20	27.03	7	21.21	4	10.81
B	15	22.73	16	21.62	10	30.30	15	40.54
AB	7	10.61	12	16.22	3	09.09	7	18.92
O	29	43.94	26	35.14	13	39.39	11	29.73
Total	66		74		33		37