Several studies undertaken have been unable to link ABO blood groups to the incidence of malaria and related clinical outcome. There is a paucity of hospital based, comparative studies to investigate the relationship between blood groups types and severity of malarial infections. Several studies undertaken have been unable to link ABO blood groups to the incidence of malaria and related clinical outcome. There is a paucity of hospital based, comparative studies to investigate the relationship between blood groups types and severity of malarial infections.

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Background: Body Mass Index (BMI) is believed to be an acceptable indicator of the risk of overweight in children and adolescents. Present study was aimed to study relationship between body mass index and blood pressure among school going children.