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A Study of the Blood Group Distribution among Polynesians¹

From Queen's Hospital, Honolulu, T. H., and the Department of Bacteriology, University of Kansas

Abstract

1. The incidence of the four blood groups among 413 fullblooded Hawaiians was found to be as follows: group O, 36.5 per cent; group A, 60.8 per cent, group B, 2.2 per cent, group AB, 0.5 per cent.

2. The A¹ agglutinogen was found in 100 per cent of the 237 group A Hawaiian bloods examined for this factor. This incidence is in contrast to 80 per cent found in the white race.

Footnotes

¹ An abstract of a portion of a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.