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. 2016 Sep 20;17:458. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1579-7

Table 5.

Demographic characteristics of the INTERVAL cohort by recruitment sourcea

Demographics INTERVAL cohort
n (%) or mean (SD) Centre Mobile (platelet) Mobile (10-mile) Mobile (30-mile) No invitation
All donors 31,929 (100.0 %) 1741 (100.0 %) 5237 (100.0 %) 2409 (100.0 %) 7376 (100.0 %)
Sex
 Male 15,996 (50.1 %) 1379 (79.2 %) 2196 (41.9 %) 1110 (46.1 %) 3531 (47.9 %)
 Female 15,933 (49.9 %) 362 (20.8 %) 3041 (58.1 %) 1299 (53.9 %) 3845 (52.1 %)
Age at baseline (years) 43.7 (14.4) 51.2 (13.2) 41.9 (11.7) 45.2 (13.6) 38.3 (14.2)
Age at baseline
 17–24 3866 (12.1 %) 82 (4.7 %) 544 (10.4 %) 268 (11.1 %) 1664 (22.6 %)
 25–34 6688 (20.9 %) 166 (9.5 %) 1102 (21.0 %) 365 (15.2 %) 1915 (26.0 %)
 35–44 5849 (18.3 %) 263 (15.1 %) 1205 (23.0 %) 430 (17.8 %) 1348 (18.3 %)
 45–54 7233 (22.7 %) 446 (25.6 %) 1576 (30.1 %) 612 (25.4 %) 1291 (17.5 %)
 55–64 5938 (18.6 %) 495 (28.4 %) 797 (15.2 %) 734 (30.5 %) 858 (11.6 %)
 65+ 2355 (7.4 %) 289 (16.6 %) 13 (0.2 %) 0 (0.0 %) 300 (4.1 %)
Ethnicity
 White 28,924 (90.6 %) 1644 (94.4 %) 4774 (91.2 %) 2227 (92.4 %) 6623 (89.8 %)
 Asian 790 (2.5 %) 12 (0.7 %) 83 (1.6 %) 36 (1.5 %) 206 (2.8 %)
 Black African 78 (0.2 %) 1 (0.1 %) 13 (0.2 %) 2 (0.1 %) 24 (0.3 %)
 Black Caribbean 201 (0.6 %) 5 (0.3 %) 38 (0.7 %) 21 (0.9 %) 42 (0.6 %)
 Black other 24 (0.1 %) 0 (0.0 %) 2 (0.0 %) 3 (0.1 %) 2 (0.0 %)
 Chinese 120 (0.4 %) 1 (0.1 %) 12 (0.2 %) 4 (0.2 %) 27 (0.4 %)
 Mixed 451 (1.4 %) 11 (0.6 %) 67 (1.3 %) 33 (1.4 %) 117 (1.6 %)
 Other 94 (0.3 %) 2 (0.1 %) 14 (0.3 %) 4 (0.2 %) 24 (0.3 %)
 Unknown 1247 (3.9 %) 65 (3.7 %) 234 (4.5 %) 79 (3.3 %) 311 (4.2 %)
Blood group
 A RhD positive (A+) 9414 (29.5 %) 635 (36.5 %) 1612 (30.8 %) 854 (35.5 %) 2222 (30.1 %)
 A RhD negative (A-) 2405 (7.5 %) 209 (12.0 %) 371 (7.1 %) 207 (8.6 %) 552 (7.5 %)
 B RhD positive (B+) 2783 (8.7 %) 121 (7.0 %) 436 (8.3 %) 258 (10.7 %) 646 (8.8 %)
 B RhD negative (B-) 737 (2.3 %) 45 (2.6 %) 96 (1.8 %) 0 (0.0 %) 192 (2.6 %)
 O RhD positive (O+) 11,589 (36.3 %) 485 (27.9 %) 1995 (38.1 %) 1073 (44.5 %) 2500 (33.9 %)
 O RhD negative (O-) 3859 (12.1 %) 199 (11.4 %) 515 (9.8 %) 0 (0.0 %) 969 (13.1 %)
 AB RhD positive (AB+) 880 (2.8 %) 40 (2.3 %) 164 (3.1 %) 0 (0.0 %) 209 (2.8 %)
 AB RhD negative (AB-) 256 (0.8 %) 7 (0.4 %) 48 (0.9 %) 17 (0.7 %) 74 (1.0 %)
 Unknown 6 (0.0 %) 0 (0.0 %) 0 (0.0 %) 0 (0.0 %) 12 (0.2 %)
Distance to nearest static donor centre (miles)
 0–4 21,298 (66.7 %) 570 (32.7 %) 3446 (65.8 %) 508 (21.1 %) 4583 (62.1 %)
 5–9 5778 (18.1 %) 471 (27.1 %) 1329 (25.4 %) 818 (34.0 %) 1405 (19.0 %)
 10–29 3946 (12.4 %) 649 (37.3 %) 377 (7.2 %) 1057 (43.9 %) 1174 (15.9 %)
 30–59 538 (1.7 %) 36 (2.1 %) 37 (0.7 %) 13 (0.5 %) 151 (2.0 %)
 60+ 68 (0.2 %) 2 (0.1 %) 7 (0.1 %) 7 (0.3 %) 14 (0.2 %)
 Unknown 301 (0.9 %) 13 (0.7 %) 41 (0.8 %) 6 (0.2 %) 49 (0.7 %)
Donor status at baseline
 New 453 (1.4 %) 0 (0.0 %) 6 (0.1 %) 8 (0.3 %) 925 (12.5 %)
 Occasional 4180 (13.1 %) 35 (2.0 %) 1039 (19.8 %) 411 (17.1 %) 2247 (30.5 %)
 More frequent 27,296 (85.5 %) 1706 (98.0 %) 4192 (80.0 %) 1990 (82.6 %) 4204 (57.0 %)
Donations (during the 2 years prior to baseline)
 All donations 3.47 (1.87) 4.28 (1.68) 3.06 (1.66) 3.35 (1.75) 2.39 (2.54)
 Whole-blood donations 3.38 (1.73) 4.13 (1.51) 3.05 (1.65) 3.33 (1.73) 2.15 (1.92)
 Other donations 0.08 (0.89) 0.15 (1.08) 0.01 (0.29) 0.02 (0.32) 0.23 (1.87)
Deferrals (during the 2 years prior to baseline)
 Deferral for low haemoglobin 2597 (8.1 %) 73 (4.2 %) 242 (4.6 %) 119 (4.9 %) 277 (3.8 %)
 Any other deferral 10,174 (31.9 %) 461 (26.5 %) 1238 (23.6 %) 660 (27.4 %) 2095 (28.4 %)
Length of NHSBT donation history at baseline (years) 11.2 (8.4) 14.2 (8.4) 10.2 (8.1) 11.4 (9.1) 7.78 (7.71)

aFor definitions see footnotes to Table 3