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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2019 Jul 18;59(10):3146–3156. doi: 10.1111/trf.15448

TABLE 1.

Ferritin levels by age, sex, and race/ethnicity of first-time and “reactivated” donors*

Donation history and age African American (n = 1605)
Asian (n = 1616)
Hispanic (n = 1023)
NHW (n = 8439)
Female (n = 862) Male (n = 743) Female (n = 735) Male (n = 881) Female (n = 614) Male (n = 409) Female (n = 4141) Male (n = 4298)
FTD
 Number 397 278 404 453 297 179 919 747
 Percent 46 37 55 51 48 44 22 17
Age group (years)
 18-19 23 (10-38) 64 (51-87) 27 (17-53) 99 (64-143) 15 (6-32) 75 (55-107) 24 (11-38) 69 (38.5-104)
 20-29 24 (13-54) 87.5 (56-147) 34 (16-66) 128 (74-191) 26.5 (15-50) 87 (63-143) 30 (17-49) 99 (63-146)
 30-39 44 (25-81) 123 (70-178) 48.5 (25-73) 93 (57-194) 23.7 (13-43) 144 (81-206) 36 (21-62) 103.5 (58-159)
 40-49 42.5 (19-83) 117 (69-198) 35 (20-64) 127.5 (58-239) 37 (14-58) 141 (70-212) 36.5 (19-62) 121 (67-171)
 50-59 73 (48-103) 149.5 (65-235) 56 (43-82) 93 (44-178) 41.5 (29-82) 54 (40-141) 45 (26-91) 95 (45-172)
 60+ 66 (51-116) 113 (52-177) 63.5 (46-132) 61 (39-145) 39 (35-99) 30.5 (15-60) 56 (37-99) 75 (39146)
*

Data are reported as median (IQR).

FTD = first-time donors and includes “reactivated” donors who are repeat donors with no donations in the prior 2 years.