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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2011 Oct 7;52(4):870–879. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03344.x

Table 2.

Incidence* per 100,000 donations among first time and repeat donors, REDS II study in Brazil, 2007–2008.

Characteristics First Time Donors Repeat Donors

Incidence 95% CI p value Incidence 95% CI p value
Overall 38.49 (25.55 – 51.42) 22.55 (17.05 – 28.04)
Blood Center 0.84 0.55
 Recife 43.88 (19.06 – 68.71) 26.98 (18.54 – 35.43)
 Belo Horizonte 33.36 (8.65 – 58.07) 20.09 (11.07 – 29.11)
 São Paulo 37.49 (18.52 – 56.46) 20.48 (13.98 – 26.99)
Type of Donation 0.006 0.10
 Community 55.02 (33.87 – 76.17) 25.51 (19.90 – 31.11)
 Replacement 19.48 (5.98 – 32.98) 15.83 (8.53 – 23.13)
Age 0.02 0.03
 age <25 28.75 (10.93–46.56) 27.10 (14.82 – 39.38)
 age ≥ 25 – <35 61.60 (33.15–90.06) 27.96 (19.75 – 36.16)
 age ≥ 35 – <45 27.05 (0.54–53.55) 23.68 (14.89 – 32.46)
 age ≥ 45 – <55 0 (0.00–40.24) 8.22 (1.08 – 15.36)
 age ≥ 55 97.22 (0.00–231.93) 0.00 (0.00 – 25.45)
Gender 0.06 0.04
 Female 22.88 (7.03–38.74) 13.09 (6.39 – 19.78)
 Male 48.71 (29.99–67.43) 26.11 (20.46 – 31.77)
Education 0.42 0.73
 < 8 years 16.59 (0.00–49.12) 14.64 (1.61 – 27.67)
 Complete 8 years 50.15 (1.01–99.28) 27.87 (11.76 – 44.00)
 Complete 11 years 16.97 (2.10–31.85) 21.50 (13.52 – 29.48)
 Complete College 13.62 (0.00–40.31) 20.07 (6.35 – 33.78)
Race 0.15 0.79
 Black 26.72 (0.00–63.74) 21.99 (4.62 – 39.35)
 Mixed 53.36 (28.00–78.72) 18.31 (10.18 – 26.44)
 White 18.66 (3.73–33.59) 23.66 (14.39 – 32.94)
 Other 0.00 (0.00–262.02) 47.80 (0.00 – 126.10)
Year 0.04 0.99
 2007 51.92 (34.50–78.12) 22.50 (14.63–34.60)
 2008 24.98 (13.83–45.10) 22.57 (16.78–30.34)
*

First time donor incidence rate based on 34 recently HIV infected cases (as determined by ‘detuned’ assay); repeat donor incidence rate based on estimated 64.6 incident HIV cases within the 2 year study period.