Journal of Blood & Lymph

Asafa MA

Publications

• Research Article
  Effect of ABO Blood Group on Blood Pressure Indices among Apparently Healthy Young Adults of Yoruba Ethnicity in Ile-Ife
  Author(s): Asafa MA, Ogunlade O and Bolarinwa RAAsafa MA, Ogunlade O and Bolarinwa RA
  
  Background: This study evaluated the effects of ABO blood groups on blood pressure indices. Materials and methods: Eighty apparently healthy young adults between the ages of 18 and 40 years were purposively selected for the study. Twenty participants of blood group AB were first identified through mass blood group screening process and 20 age and sex-matched participants each of the other three blood groups were also selected for the study. Two millilitres of venous blood was obtained from superficial cubital vein of each participant into a Sodium Ethylene Diamine Tetra-acetic Acid (EDTA) anticoagulant bottle for blood grouping following standard procedure using anti-sera A, B and AB. Blood pressure was measured in sitting position after 5 minutes of rest with digital sphygmomanometer (Omron) and the BP indices were derived from systolic, di.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7831.1000198

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