| Phenotypes* |
Present Study |
Sarkar et al. |
Thakral et al. |
Whites |
Blacks |
| DCe/DCe (R1R1) |
44.60% |
35.20% |
43.80% |
17.6 |
2.9 |
| DCe/dce (R1r) |
32.60% |
30.70% |
30% |
31.1 |
8.8 |
| DCe/DcE (R1R2) |
14% |
8.10% |
8.22% |
11.8 |
3.7 |
| DcE/DcE (R2R2) |
0.80% |
0.70% |
1.45% |
2 |
1.3 |
| Dce/dce (R0r) |
1.30% |
2.20% |
0.97% |
3 |
22.9 |
| DcE/dce (R2r) |
5.90% |
5.90% |
8.95% |
10.4 |
5.7 |
| dce/dce (rr) |
0.07% |
0.30% |
5.81% |
15 |
7 |
| dCe/dce (r′r) |
- |
2.50% |
0.56% |
1 |
1 |
| dce/dcE (rr″) |
- |
|
0.24% |
1 |
Rare |
|
| *The Rh phenotypes are “presumed” as genotype frequency is unknown in our population and was not part of this study. |
| Table 3: Comparison of Rh phenotypic frequencies in north Indian blood donors, Whites and Blacks. |
