The Prevalence of Secretor Status among Students of Almanagil University of Science and Technology

Abstract

The secretion of the ABH antigen in body fluid play important role in body defense. Secretors reduce incidence of diseases of mouth, esophageal Stomach cancer, epithelial dysplasia . The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of secretor status in Almanagil university students during period 20 .2June.2022 to10.6.2022 in the lab of medical laboratory collage .The study was conducted on hindered and fifty students, forty three samples from males and one hundred seven from female. their age between 18-22 years . samples collected randomly from students which is capillary blood for blood grouping and saliva to detect the prevalence of secretor status among each gender and blood group which was analyzed manually by slide method for ABO grouping and slide method (haemagglutination inhibition) for secretors status ,The data analyzed statistically by SPSS version 20 using chi square and the result as flow:-. 64% was secretors and 36% non secretors in study population ,according to gender the prevalence of secretors in females was 46.7 % higher than males which was17.3, prevalence of secretor among blood group found the blood group O (31.3%SE) ,(19.3 % se)was highest prevalence then A blood group was (18%SE),(6%se) blood group B was (13.3%SE),(9.3%se) and in AB blood group was (1.3% SE) ,(1.3%se). This study concluded that secretors are more prevalent in Sudanese population and have an added degree of protection against the environment,parteculary with respect to microoganisms and cancer.