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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2012 Apr 27;53(1):187–192. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03665.x

Table 1. Characteristics of study population.

Black White p value

Total 38,894 22,088

Female (%) 71.4% 56.3% <0.001

Mean age (yrs ±SD) 49.4±19.4 62.9±19.4 <0.001

ABO blood types (%) <0.001
 A 25.2% 38.1%
 B 20.4% 13.8%
 AB 4.2% 5.1%
 O 50.2% 43.0%

Rh blood type (%) <0.001
 Rh+ 93.5% 87.5%
 Rh− 6.5% 12.5%