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. 2019 Feb 18;41(3):229–235. doi: 10.1016/j.htct.2018.11.002

Table 3.

Demographic characteristics of donors reporting referral by a healthcare professional among the HIV (+), IDM (−) and deferred donors at four blood centers in Brazil.

Characteristic Eligible approved
Deferred at donation
HIV(+)
IDM (−)
Referred n (%) Not Referred n (%) p value
Referred n (%) Not Referred n (%) p value Referred n (%) Not Referred n (%) p value
Gender
 Female 4 (9.3) 55 (18.5) 1 (9.1) 234 (30.1) 83 (17.7) 750 (21.5)
 Male 39 (90.7) 243 (81.5) 0.147 10 (90.9) 543 (69.9) 0.165 385 (82.3) 2744 (78.5) 0.063



Age group
 40 + 8 (18.6) 67 (22.5) 2 (18.2) 235 (30.2) 51 (11.0) 467 (13.4)
 31–39 17 (39.5) 74 (24.8) 0.155 5 (45.5) 229 (29.5) 0.263 83 (17.9) 677 (19.4) 0.538
 26–30 6 (14.0) 71 (23.8) 0.542 2 (18.2) 127 (16.3) 0.541 89 (19.1) 725 (20.8) 0.528
 18–25 12 (27.9) 86 (28.9) 0.748 2 (18.2) 186 (23.9) 0.816 242 (52.0) 1613 (46.3) 0.051



Race
 White 16 (45.7) 129 (49.1) 5 (50.0) 384 (55.4) 128 (33.2) 1193 (38.1)
 Black 8 (22.9) 56 (21.3) 0.760 3 (30.0) 129 (18.6) 0.432 82 (21.2) 588 (18.8) 0.081
 Mixed 8 (22.86) 56 (21.3) 0.760 2 (20.0) 144 (20.8) 0.939 170 (44.0) 1295 (41.4) 0.103
 Asian/Indian 3 (8.6) 22 (8.4) 0.888 0 36 (5.2) 6 (1.6) 52 (1.7) 0.869



Educational Level
 College or more 4 (9.5) 54 (18.2) 0 162 (20.9) 41(8.8) 596 (17.1)
 High school 28 (66.7) 202 (68.0) 0.260 10 (90.9) 549 (70.9) 252 (54.0) 1971 (56.4) <0.001
 Elementary school or less 10 (23.8) 41 (13.8) 0.057 1 (9.1) 63 (8.1) 0.232 174 (37.2) 927(26.5) <0.001



Marital status
 Single/never married 27 (62.8) 169 (56.7) 4 (36.4) 293 (37.8) 324 (69.5) 2398 (68.7)
 Married/living together 14 (32.6) 99 (33.2) 0.730 6 (54.5) 437 (56.3) 0.993 107 (23.0) 799 (22.9) 0.940
 Separated/divorced/widowed 2 (4.6) 30 (10.1) 0.250 1 (9.1) 46 (5.9) 0.680 35 (7.5) 296 (8.5) 0.479



Donation history
 Repeat 21 (48.8) 137 (46.0) 8 (72.7) 581 (74.8) 142 (30.3) 1340 (38.3)
 First-time 22 (51.2) 161 (54.0) 0.725 3 (27.3) 196 (25.2) 0.877 326 (69.7) 2154 (61.7) 0.001



Donor type
 Community 27 (62.8) 208 (69.8) 7 (63.6) 532 (68.5) 237 (50.6) 1950 (55.9)
 Replacement 16 (37.2) 90 (30.2) 0.355 4 (36.4) 245 (34.5) 0.733 231 (49.4) 1541 (44.1) 0.033

Answers not significant for all groups (p > 0.05): marital status.