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Table 6 Impact of donor age on prevalence of TTIs

From: Trends and epidemiological analysis of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human immunodeficiency virus, and human T-cell lymphotropic virus among Iranian blood donors: strategies for improving blood safety

Male

Female

Donation Number

Age

(Year)

Number of confirmed positive samples

Prevalence /100000 donation (95% CI)

Donation Number

Age

(Year)

Number of confirmed positive samples

Prevalence /100000 donation (95% CI)

HBV

HIV

HCV

HTLV 1/2

HBV

HIV

HCV

HTLV 1/2

3,436,921

< 29

1236

36 (32.4–39.9)

24

0.7 (0.4–1.4)

215

6.3 (4.9–8)

505

14.7 (12.5–17.2)

185,939

< 29

78

41.9 (38–46)

3

1.6 (1–2.6)

11

5.9 (4.5–7.6)

61

32.8 (29.4–36.5)

P value

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.0001

     

aChi-square

Pearson value

1.7

1.9

1.7

37.1

     

30–39

1894

55.1 (50.6–59.8)

41

1.2 (0.7–2.1)

553

16.1 (13.7–18.7)

716

20.8 (18.2–23.8)

30–39

113

60.8 (56.1–65.8)

1

0.5 (0.2–1.2)

13

7 (5.5–8.8)

112

60.2 (55.6–65.2)

P value

0.1

0.7

0.002

0.0001

     

Chi-square

Pearson value

1.02

0.6

9.3

119.8

     

40–49

1538

44.7 (40.7–49)

10

0.3 (0.1–0.8)

292

8.5 (6.8–10.5)

609

17.7 (15.2–20.5)

40–49

125

67.2 (62.3–72.4)

2

1.1 (0.6–1.9)

15

8.1 (6.5–10)

158

85 (79.4–90.9)

P value

0.0001

0.1

0.9

0.0001

     

Chi-square

Pearson value

19.4

3.3

0.03

376.9

     

> 50

938

27.3 (24.2–30.7)

6

0.2 (0.05–0.7)

139

4 (2.9–5.4)

385

11.2 (9.7–14)

> 50

88

47.3 (43.2–51.7)

1

0.5 (0.2–1.2)

14

7.5 (5.6–9.4)

116

62.4 (57.7–67.5)

 

P value

0.0001

0.3

0.0001

0.0001

      
 

Chi-square

Pearson value

25.1

1.2

45.2

334.2

      
  1. aFor each chi-square comparison, the degrees of freedom is 1