Browsing by Author "Sanni, M. A."

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    ABO/Rhesus blood group systems are not clinical indicators of male baldness
    (College of Medicine, Ambrose Alli University, Edo, Nigeria, 2017-06) Ayinde, T. O.; Ojulari, L. S.; Sanni, M. A.; Afodun, A. M.; Jimoh-Abdulghaffaar, Hidaayah Oluwamayowa; Ayinla, M. T.; Abdulazeez, F. I.; Abdulkareem, S.; Abdulraheem, H. A.; Samotu, K.
    Background: Several disease entities have been linked to the ABO/Rh blood group systems.Baldness or alopecia is the partial or complete lack of hair on the head and/or body. Major advances have been achieved in understanding principal elements of the androgen metabolism involved in the pathogenesis of alopecia, but not much preliminary work has been done in its relationship to blood types. Aim: This study is aimed to determine if there is any association between blood types and male baldness. Methods: 400 male subjects (25-60 years)at Sobi Specialist Hospital Alagbado, Ilorin, kwara State, Nigeria were recruited into the study(200 for control and 200 for baldness).Blood sample was collected from each subject for blood grouping estimation, following the completion of a questionnaire containing information about baldness and haematological profile. Result: The distribution of phenotypic frequencies of ABO group in the control samples were 26.0%, 28.0%, 4.0% and 42.0% for groups A, B, AB and O, respectively, while 92.0% of the subjects were Rh (D) positive and 8.0% Rh(d) negative. And for the baldness, they were 26.0%, 26.0%, 4.0% and 44% for A, B, AB, and O respectively; while Rh (D) positive were 94.0% and Rh (d) negative were 6.0%. The overall result is statistically insignificant (P>0.05) using Pearson Chi-square. Conclusion: The result reflects an absolute parallel relationship between baldness and ABO/Rhesus blood group systems. Thus, ordering for blood group assessment during routine hair clinic as part of ancillary investigation should be discouraged, except if other interests arise.
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    Willingness to support antenatal blood donation among married men in a Metropolitan City in North-central Nigeria.
    (The Nigerian Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria., 2015) Ameen, H. A.; Isiaka-Lawal, S.; Okesina, B. S.; Shittu, R. O.; Sanni, M. A.; Uthman, M. M. B.; Bolarinwa, O. A.
    Aims and Objectives: Improving blood availability through voluntary or compulsory antenatal blood donation is pivotal to reducing maternal morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Willingness to donate blood is adjudged to be an important step to the actual practice of donating blood. This study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitude and willingness of men towards antenatal blood donation. Patients and Methods: This was a descriptive cross‑sectional study. A multi‑stage sampling technique was used to recruit 500 married men into the study using interviewer‑administered questionnaire. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 16 software package. Pearson’s Chi‑squared test was used to test for significant associations between variables. A P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: More than half 300 (60%) of the respondents had good knowledge of antenatal blood donation in general. Majority (85.8%) of the respondents were willing to support voluntary blood donation. The overall attitude to blood donation was positive in 77.8% of the respondents. A significantly higher proportion 268 (89.3%) of respondents with good knowledge of antenatal blood donation were willing to donate blood (P = 0.0006). Conclusions: The majority have good knowledge and positive attitude towards antenatal blood donation. However, there is need to urgently transform this positive attitude to action through continual public enlightenment to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.