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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 2.

Prevalence of ferritin levels of less than 26 ng/mL by age, sex, and race/ethnicity of first-time and “reactivated” donors (%)*

Age group (years) African American
Asian
Hispanic
NHW
Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male
18-19 54.6 12.1 45.3 3.2 64.7 9.5 55.9 2.9
20-29 51.2 5.2 38.4 2.7 49.1 2.7 40.2 6.1
30-39 26.0 0.0 25.5 5.5 52.9 5.4 30.9 4.6
40-49 32.4 2.6 33.9 2.6 38.9 3.3 37.3 7.1
50-59 10.9 4.8 8.7 9.4 15.0 7.7 24.3 11.7
60+ 9.7% 9.1% 21.4% 13.3% 14.3% 50.0% 17.5% 14.5%
*

Ferritin level of less than 12 ng/mL not shown due to its scarcity in male donors with no recent donation history.

Fewer than 20 subjects for the reported combination of race/ethnicity, sex, and age.