Table 2.

Gender distribution of TTIs (HIV, HCV, and HBV) in β-thalassaemia patients.

	Males (n = 674)	Female (n = 579)	p value
HIV	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	0.42
HCV	159 (23.6%)	114 (19.6%)	0.10
HBV	21 (3.1%)	17 (2.9%)	0.85