did not reach statistical significancep = 0·0757
Younger children aged less than 10 years had a slightly higher transfusion reaction rate at 3·23% compared to those aged 11–18 years or 19–25 years with rates of 1·40%, and 2·09% respectively, though this difference did not reach statistical significance in our cohort ( p = 0·0757) ( Fig. 2 A). 3.4.