Prevalence of transfusion transmissible infections in blood donors of Pakistan

BMC Hematology

Table 2 Demographic variables of individual Infections among reactive and non-reactive blood donors

Characteristics	HBsAg (n=290)			Anti HCV (n=307)			MP (n=12)			Syphilis (n=357)
Characteristics	Non react.	React	P-value	Non Ract.	React	P-value	Not seen	Seen	P-value	Non react.	React	P-value
Age groups
18–25	8314	156	0.847	8340	131	0.616	8468	7	0.987	8291	170	0.177
26–35	6394	111	0.745	6364	144	0.063	6501	5	0.988	6357	154	0.357
More than 35*	1604	23		1591	32		1629	0		1597	33	0.861
Gender
Female	45	0	0.998	44	1	0.504	45	0	0.998	45	0	0.998
Male*	16267	290	0.998	16251	306	0.504	16541	12	0.998	16186	357	0.998
Occupation
Student*	1508	54		2496	54		1770	0		2077	36
Businessman	4076	77	0.924	3796	77	0.986	3182	5	0.999	3727	28	0.220
Driver	3776	52	0.977	3596	61	0.997	4753	3	0.997	3486	50	0.593
Office Employee	2776	32	0.982	2848	41	0.996	3640	0	0.97	3736	22	0.989
Construction worker/laborer	4176	75	0.977	3559	74	0.997	3245	4	0.995	3219	221	0.000
Education
Illiterate*	6408	169	0.975	5242	178	0.972	6185	6	0.095	5192	233	0.686
Literate	9904	121	0.975	11053	129	0.972	10405	6	0.095	11053	124	0.686
Number of donations
Repeat donation*	4783	106	0.986	4506	134	0.984	6203	2	0.936	4419	128	0.053
First donation	11529	184	0.986	11789	173	0.984	10387	10	0.936	11826	229	0.053
Marital status
Divorced*	2259	74		1480	81		4873	1		1513	13
Unmarried	8327	136	0.00	7765	146	0.985	7911	5	0.959	7837	83	0.001
Married	5726	80	0.987	7050	80	0.979	3806	6	0.938	6895	261	0.015
Residential status
Rural	5852	103	0.994	7748	158	0.999	6802	6	0.948	7670	267	0.826
Urban*	10460	187	0.994	8547	149	0.999	9788	6	0.948	8575	90	0.826

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