Research Article

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

Table 4

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

CharacteristicsJizanSignificance
20192020

No. of total donors0.167
No. of Saudi donors0.358
No. of non-Saudi donors0.003
No. of rejected donors0.625
#No. of female donors0.065
No. of male donors0.163
No. of PRBCs0.159
No. of FFP0.159
#No. of Plt conc.0.092
No. of Cryo
No. of apheresis

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.