Relation of Blood Groups And HBsAg Positivity in Blood Donors Living in Gaziantep Region

Abstract

HBsAg presence has been searched in blood donors by Reverse Passive Hemagglutination(RPH) test in the years of 1987-1993 in Atatürk Blood Bank in Gaziantep. 2902(4.8 %) of 59287 blood donors were found as HBsAg-Positive. Relation between blood groups of healthy blood donors and blood groups of HBsAg carriers was evaluated. statistically using X 2 and significance of the difference between two percentage tests. HBsAg positivity rate was found lower than the expected ratio in A and B blood groups, in expected value in 0 blood group, and higher than expected ratio in AB blood group(p<0.005).