Table 2. Frequency of ABO blood groups among Plasmodium-infected cases at Dore Bafeno Health Center, Southern Ethiopia, January 2010 [n (%)].
| Blood group | Number examined | Infection type |
Total | χ2, P | |||
| P. falciparum | P. vivax | Mixed* | Non-infected | ||||
| A | 63 | 41 (65.1) | 5 (7.9) | 1 (1.6) | 16 (25.4) | 63 (23.5) | 61.6, <0.0100 |
| B | 59 | 38 (64.4) | 7 (11.9) | 0 (0.0) | 14 (23.7) | 59 (21.9) | 55.5, <0.0100 |
| AB | 9 | 7 (77.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (22.2) | 9 (3.3) | 14.6, <0.0100 |
| O | 138 | 60 (43.5) | 16 (11.6) | 3 (2.2) | 59 (42.8) | 138 (51.3) | 74.9, <0.0100 |
| Total | 269 | 146 (54.3) | 28 (10.4) | 4 (1.5) | 91 (33.8) | 269 (100) | 183.0, <0.0001 |
| χ2, P | 13.9, 0.0030 | 1.8, 0.6150 | 1.5, 0.6880 | 10.4, 0.0150 | 126.2, 0.0001 | ||