Table 2.

Comparison of prevalence of HCV, HBsAg and HIV in thalassemia major patients and voluntary blood donors

TTIs	No. (out of 142)	% positivity	Voluntary blood donor prevalence[4]	P values
HCV positive	64	45	Less than 2%[5]	<0.001
HBsAg positive	3	2	1.19%[4,6]	>0.05
HIV positive	3	2	0.36% in 2006 (NACO data)	>0.05