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. 2014 Mar 20;123(12):1970. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-01-553784

Table 1.

Characteristics of first-time NMDP donors who donated a stem cell product between January 2004 and July 2009

Characteristic Bone marrow PBSC P
N % N %
No. of donors 2726 6768
No. of donor centers 81 76
No. of collection centers 83 NA
No. of apheresis centers NA 98
Donor sex .168
 Male 1638 60 4170 62
 Female 1088 40 2598 38
Donor race/ethnicity <.001
 White 1935 71 5083 75
 Hispanic 294 11 582 9
 Black 165 6 320 5
 Asian/Pacific Islander 144 5 294 4
 American Indian/Alaska Native 42 2 77 1
 Other/multiple race 130 5 351 5
 Decline/unknown 16 1 61 1
Donor age at donation, y .100
 18-30 973 36 2380 35
 31-40 878 32 2202 33
 41-50 684 25 1616 24
 51-61 191 7 570 8
 Median, range 35 18-61 35 18-61 .377
Donor BMI, kg/m2 .646
 Underweight (<18.5) 14 1 41 1
 Normal (18.5-24.9) 825 30 1970 29
 Overweight (25-29.9) 1044 38 2659 39
 Obese (≥30) 843 31 2097 31
 Unknown 0 1 NA
 Median, range 27.4 16.1-50.9 27.4 16.2-56.2 .899
Donor CMV <.001
 Nonreactive 1554 57 4124 61
 Reactive 1172 43 2642 39
 Unknown/indeterminate 0 2 NA
Donor WBC counts at baseline
 Median, range 6.4 2.3-14.2 6.3 2.3-16.0 .544
Donor neutrophil counts at baseline
 Median, range 4.0 1.0-12.5 4.0 1.0-12.9 .276
Donor MNC counts at baseline
 Median, range 2.3 0.9-7.2 2.3 0.3-7.3 .633
Donor platelet counts at baseline
 Median, range 254 104-534 254 100-548 .869
Donor hemoglobin level at baseline
 Male, median, range 15.3 11.1-18.3 15.3 10.9-19.0 .800
 Female, median, range 13.5 8.6-19.0 13.4 9.4-16.5 .886
Year of donation <.001
 2004 491 18 814 12
 2005 449 16 1102 16
 2006 479 18 1188 18
 2007 471 17 1297 19
 2008 537 20 1497 22
 2009 299 11 870 13

NMDP indicates National Marrow Donor Program; NA, not applicable; and WBC, white blood cell.