Distribution of haemoglobin variants, ABO blood group and Rhesus D among nursing students of Madonna university Nigeria

This study evaluated the distribution of haemoglobin variants, ABO blood group and Rhesus D typing among nursing students of Madonna University Nigeria. Blood samples were collected from a total of 120 candidates within the age of 18–27years comprising of 65 female and 55 males. The haemoglobin electrophoresis method was used to determine the haemoglobin variants, while haemagglutination techniques were adopted for ABO and rhesus D typing. Results showed that blood group O, A, B and AB has a percentage occurrence of 49.23%, 21.54%, 24.62% and 4.62% for females respectively, and 56.36%, 18.18%, 14.55% and 10.91% for males respectively. The Rhesus negative and positive was 23.08% and 76.92% respectively for females, and 14.55% and 85.45% respectively for males. The haemoglobin variants; AA, AS and SS were 81.54%, 16.92% and 1.54% respectively among females and 87.27%, 10.91% and 1.82% respectively among males. For both gender, Blood group O with positive Rhesus D and AA haemoglobin variants dominated the population under study with frequency of occurrence of 38.46% for females and 49.09% for males. The findings of this study contribute to the existing pool of knowledge for health care planning and transfusion services among the target population under study.