Frequency of Blood Groups in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder which is characterized by a defect in insulin secretion leading to disturbances of carbohydrate and fat metabolism and resulting in hyperglycemia. It is classified as insulin dependent DM (type 1 DM) and non-insulin dependent DM (type-2 DM). The relationship between DM and ABO/Rhesus blood groups is still controversial. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between ABO/Rhesus blood groups with type-1 and type-2 DM. The study included cases visiting of the specialized center for the regulation and treatment of diabetes and endocrine diseases Misrata, during two years, from the beginning of 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022, with type 1and type diabetes of both sexes, with the exclusion of patients who did not meet the data. Among the data collected were age, sex, type of diabetes, blood groups. The study included 893 diabetic patients during the aforementioned period, where the percentage of men was 56%, while females were 44%, and the percentage of type 1 diabetes was 10.6%, while type 2 was 89.4%, and the ages ranged between 16-85 years, and there was no association between diabetes and type blood group with no significant differences were p-value = 0.258. There was no association between diabetes and blood type blood with no significant differences.