Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Public Health 2251-6085 24 1-2 1995 03 15 9 14 D.D. Farhud H. Sadighi L. Andonian M. Saffari 2015 10 03 Associations of some hematological and lymphatic diseases with sex and ABO and Rh blood groups were studied in 2579 patients, compared with a control group of 126332 individuals, by the use of clinical as well as laboratory findings, in Tehran. Highly significant increase of male/female ratio is shown in acute myelogenous leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, aplastic anaemia and paroxismal nocturnal haematuria. Idiopathic thrombocy’topoenic purpura shows a decrease of this ration. In chronic myelocytic leukemia and acute lymphocytic leukemia, group 0 has the highest incidence, followed by groups A and B, and group AB has the lowest incidence. Between various diseases, the highest frequency of blood group A was went observed in Hodgkin’s disease, and the lowest in NHL. Group B had highest frequency within PNH patients and the lowest in NHL. Group 0 had the highest In AML patients there is a significant decrease of Rh negative patient 17.15%). The highest incidence of Rh negative was among the SA patients (18.18%) and the lowest in MM (3.70%). https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/1563 https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/download/1563/1544