ABO/rhesus D blood systems and health indices: a preliminary study to find an association among healthy dwellers of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Abstract Objective Finding an association between blood groups and diseases would help prevention, early identification, and treatment of diseases. The preliminary study aimed to find an association between ABO/rhesus D blood systems and health indices among healthy dwellers of the Nuwaragampalatha...

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Main Author: Devarajan Rathish
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-025-07227-x
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description Abstract Objective Finding an association between blood groups and diseases would help prevention, early identification, and treatment of diseases. The preliminary study aimed to find an association between ABO/rhesus D blood systems and health indices among healthy dwellers of the Nuwaragampalatha East Medical Officer of Health area of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Results A total of 100 participants were recruited. The blood group in Driving License (67%), Pregnancy Record (17%), Blood Donation Card (11%), Laboratory Report (03%), Old Boy Identity Card (01%), and Service Identity Card (01%) matched the laboratory blood grouping in all participants. The O blood group had significantly fewer hours of sleep per day (P = 0.03) and significantly narrower pulse pressure (P = 0.02) than the non-O blood group. Also, the O + blood group had significantly fewer hours of sleep per day than the A + blood group (P < 0.01). Evidence in the literature is scarce to support these findings. Future large-scale studies among healthy and patient populations are necessary for confirmation.
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spelling doaj-art-96c31023e95c4b5bbb92cc42fa2512622025-08-20T03:10:14ZengBMCBMC Research Notes1756-05002025-04-011811710.1186/s13104-025-07227-xABO/rhesus D blood systems and health indices: a preliminary study to find an association among healthy dwellers of Anuradhapura, Sri LankaDevarajan Rathish0Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri LankaAbstract Objective Finding an association between blood groups and diseases would help prevention, early identification, and treatment of diseases. The preliminary study aimed to find an association between ABO/rhesus D blood systems and health indices among healthy dwellers of the Nuwaragampalatha East Medical Officer of Health area of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Results A total of 100 participants were recruited. The blood group in Driving License (67%), Pregnancy Record (17%), Blood Donation Card (11%), Laboratory Report (03%), Old Boy Identity Card (01%), and Service Identity Card (01%) matched the laboratory blood grouping in all participants. The O blood group had significantly fewer hours of sleep per day (P = 0.03) and significantly narrower pulse pressure (P = 0.02) than the non-O blood group. Also, the O + blood group had significantly fewer hours of sleep per day than the A + blood group (P < 0.01). Evidence in the literature is scarce to support these findings. Future large-scale studies among healthy and patient populations are necessary for confirmation.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-025-07227-xBlood groupHours of sleepPulse pressure
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ABO/rhesus D blood systems and health indices: a preliminary study to find an association among healthy dwellers of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
BMC Research Notes
Blood group
Hours of sleep
Pulse pressure
title ABO/rhesus D blood systems and health indices: a preliminary study to find an association among healthy dwellers of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
title_full ABO/rhesus D blood systems and health indices: a preliminary study to find an association among healthy dwellers of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
title_fullStr ABO/rhesus D blood systems and health indices: a preliminary study to find an association among healthy dwellers of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
title_full_unstemmed ABO/rhesus D blood systems and health indices: a preliminary study to find an association among healthy dwellers of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
title_short ABO/rhesus D blood systems and health indices: a preliminary study to find an association among healthy dwellers of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
title_sort abo rhesus d blood systems and health indices a preliminary study to find an association among healthy dwellers of anuradhapura sri lanka
topic Blood group
Hours of sleep
Pulse pressure
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-025-07227-x
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