Lipid and Haematologic Profiling of Regular Blood Donors Revealed Health Benefits

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Study Participants at the National Blood Bank Service, Ethiopia, from June to July 2020 (n = 104)

S. No.	Variables	Category	RBD (%)	FTB (%)	P-value
1	Gender	Male	84.6	71.2	0.098
		Female	15.4	28.8
2	Age group	18–38	65.3	73.1	0.095
		39–58	34.6	26.9
3	Marital status	Married	50.0	55.8	0.84
		Unmarried	48.1	42.3
		Divorced	1.9	1.9
4	Religion	Orthodox	57.5	51.9	0.11
		Muslim	11.5	25.0
		Protestant	30.8	19.2
		Others	0.0	3.8
5	Residence	Urban	100.0	96.2	0.15
		Rural	0.0	3.8
6	Level of education	Illiterate	1.9	3.8	0.75
		Primary school	7.7	1.9
		Secondary school	25.0	25.0
		Undergraduate	21.2	17.3
		Graduate	44.2	51.9

Table 2 Anthropometric Parameters of Study Participants at the National Blood Bank Service, Ethiopia, from June to July 2020 (n = 104)

S.No	Variables	Mean ± SD		P-value
		RBD	FBD
1	Height (m)	1.73 ± 0.07	1.70 ± 0.08	0.11
2	Weight (Kg)	70.4 ± 10.1	69.5 ± 11.2	0.68
3	BMI (Kg/m^2)	23.3 ± 2.78	23.9 ± 2.84	0.34
4	WC (cm)	84.4 ± 4.82	83.9 ± 5.74	0.67
5	HC (cm)	98.0 ± 4.0	97.8 ± 3.9	0.85
6	WHR	0.86 ± 0.03	0.87 ± 0.04	0.74

Figure 1 Levels of lipid profiles in regular and first-time blood donors at National Blood Bank Service, Ethiopia, from June to July 2020 (n = 104).

Table 3 Levels of Haematological Parameters in Regular and First-Time Blood Donors at National Blood Bank Service, Ethiopia, from June to July 2020 (n = 104)

S.No	Variables	Mean ± SD		P-value
		RBD	FBD
1	WBC* 10^3/μL	5.6 ± 1.5	5.8 ± 1.7	0.43
2	Neu (%)	58.2 ± 10.5	52.2. ± 9.7	0.004*
3	Lymph (%)	29.9 ± 9.1	35.7 ± 8.6	0.001*
4	Plt*10^3/μL	208.3 ± 24.8	229.5 ± 59.5	0.04*
5	Mpv (FL)	9.2 ± 1.1	9.3 ± 1.1	0.89
6	RBC (10^3/μL)	4.76 ± 0.6	4.71 ± 0.5	0.65
7	HCT (%)	42.0 ± 4.3	42.3 ± 4.3	0.40
8	HGB (g/dL)	14.7 ± 1.7	15.0 ± 1.7	0.75
9	MCH (pg)	30.8 ± 2.1	31.7 ± 1.7	0.016*
10	MCHC (g/dL)	35.0 ± 1.0	35.3 ± 1.1	0.017*
11	RDW (%)	13.7 ± 1.1.	14.2 ± 2.2.	0.133
12	RDW-SD	42.2 ± 2.8	43.8 ± 3.7	0.01*
13	Neu/Lymph	2.4 ± 1.0	1.7 ± 0.8	0.003*
14	Platelets/Lymph	115.5 ± 24.3	113.3 ± 31.6	0.48

Note: The *indicates p < 0.05.