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Published in final edited form as: J Virol Methods. 2014 Jan 30;199:119–123. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2014.01.002

Table 3.

Comparison between demographic characteristics of 37 confirmed HCV positive and 1941 HCV negative donors (the 20 unclassified donors were excluded).

	Negative		Confirmed positive		p
	(n = 1941)	%	(n = 37)	%	p
Frequency of donation
FTD	1754	90.4	36	97.3	NS
RBD	187	9.6	1	2.7	NS
Age group (years)
Mean	29.2 ± 7.9		35.2 ± 12		p < 10⁻⁴
<20	96	4.9	1	2.7	NS
20–29	1096	56.5	15	40.5	0.05
30–39	538	27.7	9	24.3	NS
40–49	165	8.5	8	21.6	0.01
≥50	46	2.4	4	10.8	NS
Gender
Male	1614	83.2	33	89.2	NS
Female	327	16.8	4	10.8	NS

FTD, first time blood donor; RBD, repeat blood donor; NS, not significant.