Distribution of the ABO, MNS, P, Rhesus, Lutheran, Kell, Lewis and Duffy blood groups and frequency of irregular red cell antibodies in a population of Danes aged fifty years and a population of Danes aged seventy years. From the Glostrup population studies
Skov, F.; Eriksen, M.; Hagerup, L.
Acta Pathologica et Microbiologica Scandinavica. Section B Microbiology and Immunology 78(5): 553-559
1970
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-5571 PMID: 4992915 DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1970.tb04340.xDocument Number: 215674
The blood group and gene frequencies within the ABO, MNS, P, Rhesus, Lutheran, Kell, Lewis and Duffy systems have been determined in samples from 802 Danes aged 50 years and 427 Danes aged 70 years, living in a suburban area of Copenhagen. An antibody screening test was performed on sera from the same persons. When the results of the blood groupings in the two materials were compared, no significant difference could be demonstrated. When the present materials were compared with those reported earlier for Danish populations, no significant difference was observed. The frequency of irregular antibodies against erythrocytes in the two materials was lower than that in materials of patients in Rigshospitalet, but the difference was not significant.