Correlation Between Abo/Rhesus Blood Groups With Waist Circumference (Wc) And Waist-Hip Ratio (Whr) Among Medical Students At Um-Alqura University Makkah Al-Mukaramah Saudi Arabia

Wisal Abbas^1*, Abdelhameid Elmugabil², Waheeb Alharbi³, Sirajedin S Natah⁴

¹Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kordofan University, ElObeid, Sudan.

²Department of Biochemistry, Sheikan Medical College, ElObeid, Sudan.

³Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah Al-Mukaramah, Saudi Arabia.

⁴Department of Physiology, Medical Science School, Libyan Academy of Postgraduate Studies, Tripoli, Libya.

*Corresponding Author

Wisal Abbas, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kordofan University, ElObeid, Sudan, E mail: Wisali249@gmail.com

Abstract

Background: The amount of body fat determines the health condition of an individual. Current discoveries suggest that waist circumference is a more convincing marker of health risk than BMI. Therefore, the measurement of modern obesity parameters, such as visceral fat, waist circumference, or waist-hip ratio (WHR), must be taken into consideration. Aims and

Objective: This study was conducted to find out the relationship between ABO and Rhesus (Rh) blood group with waist circumference (WC) and waist-hip ratio (WHR) among Saudi medical students.

Subjects and Methods: WHR was calculated after measuring waist and hip circumference using a body tape measure. Blood groups were determined by classic (antigen-antibody slide agglutination test). The data was analyzed through SPSS 24.

Result: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 241 medical students at Um-Alqura University, Makkah Al Mukaramah, Saudi Arabia. Females constitute 51.9%.In males, blood group O+ has the highest waist circumference(WC) of > 102 cm. In females, blood group B+ has the highest waist circumference(WC) of > 88 cm. In males, blood group A++ + has the highest WHR (>0.9). In females, blood group A+ has the highest WHR (>0.85). There was a statistically significant relationship observed between female ABO blood group and Rhesus antigen with WHR (P 0.004). There was no statistically significant relationship between male ABO blood group and Rhesus antigen with WHR (P 0.415).

Conclusion: Males with blood group O+ + and females with blood group B+ may be predisposed to obesity due to the higher waist circumference (WC), and they should pay special attention to their weight.