Jeddi Blouza A, Loukil I, Mhenni A, Ben Rayana C, Hmida S
Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisie.
J Fr Ophtalmol. 2007 May;30(5):493-6. doi: 10.1016/s0181-5512(07)89629-x.
To determine whether blood groups are genetic markers for primary open angle glaucoma (POAG).
ABO, rhesus, and Kell and Duffy blood groups were analyzed in 114 POAG cases and in a control group of age- and sex-matched patients (96 cases).
AB groups are significantly more frequent in POAG cases (10.5%) than in the control group (2%). However, no association was found between POAG and ABO, rhesus, and Kell and Duffy blood groups even when men and women were studied separately.
AB blood groups seem to be genetic markers of POAG but further studies are needed to confirm this association.
