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Odds of blood transfusions among children with sickle cell disease (1997–2009) according to age. Dots indicate odds ratios and error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals for overall study population and across age categories (x-axis) for the time frame 1997–2009. Results adjusted for child- and hospita-level factors.
