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Are Croatian Blood Donors Obese?

Acta Clinica Croatica, 2020
The rising prevalence of overweight and obesity is characterized as a pandemic of the modern era. The purpose of this study was to analyze the prevalence of overweight and obesity in healthy blood donors in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia, and the relationship between socio-demographic factors, lifestyle and eating habits, and body mass index ...
Nataša Katalinić, Martina Mavrinac, Alma Starčević, Sanja Balen   +3 more
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First-time Blood Donors Are Double-edged Swords for Blood Transfusion Centers: A Retrospective Study in Southwest Iran

Turkish Journal of Hematology, 2020
Objective: First-time blood donors are the most common group of blood donors. They usually have different motivations for blood donation, some of which provoke the donors to hide risk factors of transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs).
Hamid Reza Niazkar, Akbar Dorgalaleh, Fariba Rad   +2 more
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Analysis on the characteristics of rural blood donation population in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture

Zhongguo shuxue zazhi, 2023
Objective To explore the status and characteristics of voluntary blood donors in rural areas of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (referred as Dali), and to provide basis for scientific and effective voluntary blood donation in rural population in regions ...
Yongjun WANG, Hua WANG, Jianbo LI, Yuee DU, Jingxiong YANG, Junfan LI, Yongxun HE   +6 more
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BLOOD-DONORS.

The Lancet, 1921
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Frequency and distribution of ABO and Rh blood group systems among blood donors at the Northern Zone Blood Transfusion Center in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: a retrospective cross-sectional study

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives ABO and Rh blood group systems are the major factors affecting the blood transfusion safety. The frequency and distribution of these blood group systems vary worldwide.
James Yahaya, Alex Mremi, Edda A M Vuhahula, Emmanuel D Morgan, Emmanuel Othieno, Edson Mollel   +5 more
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Prevalence of transfusion transmissible infections in blood donors of Pakistan

BMC Hematology, 2016
BackgroundTransfusion-transmitted infections threaten the safety of patients requiring blood transfusion, which in turn imposes serious challenges for the availability of safe blood products that are still affordable in health care systems with limited ...
A. Arshad, M. Borhany, N. Anwar, I. Naseer, Rehan Ansari, S. Boota, N. Fatima, Mustansir Zaidi, T. Shamsi   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

ABO and Rhesus blood group distribution and frequency among blood donors at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Moshi, Tanzania

BMC Research Notes, 2017
This study aims to determine the distribution of blood groups and the demographic background of blood donors in a referral hospital in Northern Tanzania. The most common blood group was O (52.3%) and the least common was AB (3.18%).
Ola Jahanpour, Jeremia J. Pyuza, Ernest O. Ntiyakunze, Alex R Mremi, E. Shao   +4 more
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Study on the age composition of blood donors in some areas of China

Zhongguo shuxue zazhi, 2022
Objective To explore the recruitment and retention strategy of blood donors by investigating the age composition of blood donors in some areas of China, so as to promote blood donation and enhance clinical blood supply.
Yuxiang CHEN, Dongyan ZHAO, Ling HOU, Nan ZHAO, Jing XU, Xiaohua YUAN, Xinyi TANG, Dengping LEI, Guiqi ZHAO, Ying LI, Yifei WANG, Dan LIU, Dong LI, Can HUANG, Lin WANG, Yang ZHANG, Xia DU, Bin JU, Shuangqin LI, Shuanglin XUE, Xiaojuan WU, Jiangeng ZHANG, Wusheng LI   +22 more
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Socio-demographic characteristics of Danish blood donors

PLoS ONE, 2017
Background Blood transfusion is an essential component of a modern healthcare system. Because knowledge about blood donor demography may inform the design of strategies for donor recruitment and retention, we used nationwide registers to characterize the
K. Burgdorf, J. Simonsen, Anna Sundby, K. Rostgaard, O. Pedersen, E. Sørensen, K. Nielsen, M. Bruun, M. Frisch, G. Edgren, C. Erikstrup, H. Hjalgrim, H. Ullum   +12 more
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Correlation between demographic characteristics and blood donation behavior of whole blood donors in Dongguan

Zhongguo shuxue zazhi, 2022
Objective To explore the influencing factors of repeated blood donation through statistical analysis of demographic characteristics and blood donation behavior of blood donors, so as to provide data support for the formulation and adjustment of blood ...
Yang LEI
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