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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2016 Dec 1;57(3 Pt 2):823–831. doi: 10.1111/trf.13939

Table 2.

Frequency distributions of assumed parameters for time between donations

IDI* (days) Percent of simulated donors
Mean Median Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4
117 98 85 30 5 5
208 161 10 55 50 10
360 267 5 15 45 85
Weighted average IDI (days) 138 204 272 333
20th, 80th percentile 72, 125** 82, 285** 98, 397** 111, 505**
Median donations, yrs 7 & 8 5 4 3 2
*

includes the 56-day minimum IDI allowed in the US

**

excluding those >2,920 days (8 years)