RESUMO
Introduction: The etiopathogenesis of diabetes mellitus ismulti-factorial & complex and appears to involve interactionsof various immunological, genetic and environmental factors.Positive association with blood groups shows increasedsusceptibility and a negative association shows protectionagainst diabetes mellitus. Present study was conducted to findout a possible association between type II diabetes mellitus(DM) and ABO & Rh blood groups.Material and Methods: The study involved 313 patients whoreported to Haematology Laboratory for blood investigationsover a period of 5 months. On the basis of Random & FastingBlood Sugar levels, we made Group I (Diabetic patients) &Group II (Healthy controls). ABO & Rh blood grouping donefor both the groups.Results: AB & B blood group showed less commonassociation with diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus (DM)were more associated with Blood group A, as compared tocontrols. Blood group O has same distribution among bothgroups. Diabetics has higher percentage than controls hadRh positive blood group (96.55% vs 94.69%), and diabeticsshowed less percentage of Rh negative blood group (3.44%vs 5.3%). Blood group B, AB and O were positive in higherpercentage among diabetics, and it was same in blood group A.Conclusion: According to Results, it has association betweenDM and Rh positive blood groups and between blood groupsB & AB it has negative association.