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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Haematol. 2011 Nov 25;156(3):388–401. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08952.x

Table II.

Comparison of RISE and HEIRS HFE genotypes in first time and repeat donors, stratified by race

Wild Type or Missing n (%) Heterozygous H63D n (%) Heterozygous C282Y n (%) Homozygous H63D n (%) Homozygous C282Y n (%) Double Mutation n (%) Total
All Donors
 RISE Study* 1,571 (64.8) 573 (23.6) 194 (8.0) 39 (1.6) 7 (0.3) 41 (1.7) 2,425
  FT/Reactivated 592 (66.7) 210 (23.7) 60 (6.8) 10 (1.1) 3 (0.3) 13 (1.5) 888
  Frequent/Repeat 979 (63.7) 363 (23.6) 134 (8.7) 29 (1.9) 4 (0.3) 28 (1.8) 1,537
 HEIRS Study 73,066 (76.0) 15,326 (15.9) 5,207 (5.4) 1,242 (1.3) 292 (0.3) 991 (1.0) 96,124
Asian Donors
 RISE: FT/Reactivated 42 (93.3) 2 (4.5) 1 (2.2) 0 0 0 45
 RISE: Frequent/Repeat 31 (100.0) 0 0 0 0 0 31
 HEIRS Study 11,657 (91.3) 1,070 (8.4) 16 (0.1) 29 (0.2) 0 0 12,772
Black Donors
 RISE: FT/Reactivated 49 (92.4) 2 (3.8) 2 0 0 0 53
 RISE: Frequent/Repeat 53 (84.1) 10 (15.9) 0 0 0 0 63
 HEIRS Study 24,930 (91.9) 1,520 (5.6) 608 (2.2) 30 (0.1) 4 (0.0) 35 (0.1) 27,127
Hispanic Donors
 RISE: FT/Reactivated 27 (67.5) 12 (30.0) 0 0 0 1 (2.5) 40
 RISE: Frequent/Repeat 22 (61.1) 11 (30.5) 2 (5.6) 0 0 1 (2.8) 36
 HEIRS Study 9,700 (79.9) 2,199 (18.1) 35 (0.3) 154 (1.3) 7 (0.1) 48 (0.4) 12,143
White Donors
 RISE: FT/Reactivated 451 (62.6) 188 (26.1) 57 (7.9) 10 (1.4) 3 (0.4) 11 (1.5) 720
 RISE: Frequent/Repeat 859 (61.8) 340 (24.4) 132 (9.5) 29 (2.1) 4 (0.3) 27 (1.9) 1,391
 HEIRS Study 26,779 (60.8) 10,537 (23.9) 4,548 (10.3) 1,029 (2.3) 281 (0.6) 908 (2.1) 44,082
*

29 RISE donors report their Racial/Ethnic group as “Other” and 17 are missing Race/Ethnicity (and not presented in this table); 3 are missing HFE genotype (and are pooled with WT).

RISE, Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II) donor Iron Status Evaluation; HEIRS, Haemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening; FT, first time donor