Blood Groups and Diabetes Mellitus: A Possible Tool in the Analysis of the Hereditary Background of Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Blood groups ABO, MN, P₁, Lewis and KIDD, were examined in 64 adult and 53 child diabetics. Patients were classified into 4 groups, NIDDM (n=30), Insulin<20U (n=13) and lnsulin≥20U (n=21) in adults and IDDM in children (n=53). ABO blood group was found to have some association with Insulin≥20U and IDDM. P₁ (+) was significantly rarer in the Insulin≥20U group in adults, while this difference was not obsered in IDDM in children. MN, Lewis and KIDD blood groups did not show any association with diabetes mellitus in our study.