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Table 1 Sex, age, anthropometric and clinical characteristics of blood donors

From: HIV, HBV, HCV and T. palliduminfections among blood donors and Transfusion-related complications among recipients at the Laquintinie hospital in Douala, Cameroon

 

Volunteer donors

Family donors

  
 

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Total

p

 

(N = 37)

(N = 13)

(N = 50)

(N = 344)

(N = 83)

(N = 427)

(N = 477)

 

Age (SD), years

37.7 (9.6)

27.8 (5.2)

32.9 (9.2)

29.4 (7.9)

31.6 (8.7)

29.9 (8.2)

30,2 (8.3)

0.017

Weight (SD), Kg

77.6 (12.4)

66.9 (5.9)

74.8 (11.9)

75.5 (11.6)

70.3 (13.3)

74.5 (12.1)

74.5 (12.1)

0.94

Body mass index (SD), Kg/m2

25.5 (3.5)

26.1 (2.7)

25.7 (3.3)

24.9 (3.7)

26.3 (5.2)

25.3 (4.0)

25.3 (3.9)

0.11

Systolic blood pressure (SD), mmHg

131.2 (14.5)

113.1 (11.4)

126.4 (15.8)

129.9 (16.2)

120.2 (15.2)

128.0 (16.4)

127.8 (16.3)

0.47

Diastolic blood pressure (SD), mmHg

76.8 (9.8)

75.0 (8.8)

76.3 (9.5)

77.0 (11.2)

77.0 (10.6)

77.0 (11.0)

76.9 (10.9)

0.87

Pools (SD), bpm

76.6 (88.2)

78.7 (4.2)

77.2 (7.4)

77.3 (12.7)

83.1 (11.7)

78.4 (12.7)

78.3 (12.3)

0.62

  1. Data are mean (SD) of various parameters according to donors' groups and gender; Variables were compared by Cross Kwalis test (continuous variables) and p < 0.05 was significant.