Impact of COVID-19 on Blood Donation and Supply: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study from Saudi Arabia

Table 2

Comparison of blood transfusion characteristics of participants in Riyadh from January to June in years 2019 and 2020.

Characteristics	Riyadh		Significance
	2019	2020
No. of total donors			0.147
No. of Saudi donors			0.259
No. of non-Saudi donors			0.587
No. of rejected donors			0.014
No. of female donors			0.509
No. of male donors			0.139
No. of PRBCs			0.055
No. of FFP			0.049
No. of Plt conc.			0.0001
No. of Cryo			0.689
No. of apheresis			0.008

Data were expressed as mean +/- standard deviation (SD). Significance between groups was calculated using Student -test for parametric data and # Mann–Whitney test for nonparametric data.