Table 3.
ABO blood group phenotype, malaria and parity
| ABO blood group phenotype | P value* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O | A | B | AB | |||
| P. falciparum | ||||||
| Multigravida | No malaria | 325 (93.9) | 188 (92.6) | 236 (92.2) | 47 (94.0) | NS |
| P. falciparum | 21 (6.1) | 15 (7.4) | 20 (7.8) | 3 (6.0) | ||
| Primigravida | No malaria | 82 (89.1) | 51 (91.1) | 78 (94.0) | 13 (100.0) | NS |
| P. falciparum | 10 (10.9) | 5 (8.9) | 5 (6.0) | 0 | ||
| P. vivax | ||||||
| Multigravida | No malaria | 325 (81.7) | 188 (81.4) | 236 (78.1) | 47 (78.3) | NS |
| P. vivax | 73 (18.3) | 43 (18.6) | 66 (21.9) | 13 (21.7) | ||
| Primigravida | No malaria | 82 (75.9) | 51 (81.0) | 78 (83.9) | 13 (65.0) | NS |
| P. vivax | 26 (24.1) | 12 (19.0) | 15 (16.1) | 7 (35.0) | ||
*
Bonferroni corrected; NS = non-significant.