Research Article

Association of ABO and Rh Blood Group Phenotypes with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at Felege Hiwot Comprehensive Referral Hospital Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Association of the ABO and Rh blood group phenotypes with T2DM at FHCRH, Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 ().

Study groupNon-AACOR (95% CI) value

Control144 (67.9%)68 (32.1%)1
DM153 (72.2%)59(27.8%0.817 (0.538-1.24)0.34
Non-BB
Control172 (81.1%)40 (18.9%)1
DM142 (67.0%)70 (33.0%)2.12 (1.33-3.32)0.001
Non-OO
Control115 (54.2%)97 (45.8%)1
DM138 (65.1%)74 (34.9%)0.636 (0.43-0.94)0.023
Non-ABAB
Control205 (96.7%)7 (3.3%)1
DM203 (95.8%)9 (4.2%)1.298 (0.474-3.55)0.611
Rh+Rh-
Control195 (50.5%)17 (44.7%)1
DM191 (49.5%)21 (55.3%)1.261 (0.645-2.464).497
Non-B+B+
Control176 (83%)36 (17%)1
DM149 (70.3%)63 (29.7%)2.067 (1.300-3.288)0.002
Non-O+O+
Control121 (57.1%)91 (42.9%)1
DM145 (63.4%)67 (36.6%)0.614 (0.413-0.914)0.016

Note: COR: crude odds ratio; DM: diabetes mellitus.