Blood Donors' Age, Haemoglobin Type, G6PD Status, and Blood Group Impact Storability of CPDA-1 Banked Whole Blood: A Repeated-Measure Cohort Study in Cape Coast, Ghana.

Although the observed differences did not reach statistical significance, we propose that any future prospective studies seeking to understand storability of donor blood units should take the blood group into consideration so as to account for any possible confounding effects from that angle.

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Previously, it was shown that G6PD deficient (Class II Mediterranean variant) donor units showed a trend of lower spontaneously free haemoglobin as well as significantly higher plasma potassium over 42 days of storage [ 19 ].

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