title: [Blood-group systems ABO and RH in the Kenyan population].
abstract: The retrospective study was carried out in 38,898 healthy adult blood donors of both sexes, recruited mainly from Nairobi area in Kenya. The percentage proportions of blood groups were: group 0-47.4, group A-26.2, group B-22.0 and group AB-4.4. In all the samples, there were 96.1% Rh (D) positive blood donors. Among these were 0.75% subjects with Rh (D) variant antigen Du positive. Rh (D) negative was only 3.9% among the blood donors. There is a real preponderance of the blood group 0 over the blood groups A, B and especially AB as well as Rh (D) positive over Rh (D) negative. The authors found following frequencies of genes: p(A)0.168, q(B)0.142, r(0)0.690, D positive 0.804, D negative 0.196 and compare their own results with the data of other investigators concerning other Kenyan and African populations.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Chorób Wewnetrznych i Medycyny Wsi Akademii Medycznej im. M. Kopernika.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lyko
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gaertner
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Kaviti
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Kariithi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Akoto
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
vernacular_title: Grupy krwi układu ABO i Rh u ludności Kenii.