| Iron and cardiac ischemia: a natural, quasi-random experiment comparing eligible with disqualified blood donors. | |
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PMID: 23320537 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND: The theory that elevated iron stores can induce vascular injury and ischemia remains controversial. We conducted a cohort study of the effect of blood donation on the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) by taking advantage of the quasi-random exclusion of donors who obtained a falsely reactive test for a transmissible disease (TD) marker. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Whole blood donors who were permanently disqualified because of a false-reactive test between 1990 and 2007 in the province of Quebec were compared to donors who remained eligible, matched for baseline characteristics. The incidence of CHD after entry into the study was determined through hospitalization and death records. We compared eligible and disqualified donors using an "intention-to-treat" framework. RESULTS: Overall, 12,357 donors who were permanently disqualified were followed for 124,123 person-years of observation, plus 50,889 donors who remained eligible (516,823 person-years). On average, donors who remained eligible made 0.36 donation/year during follow-up and had an incidence of hospitalizations or deaths attributable to CHD of 3.60/1000 person-years, compared to 3.52 among permanently disqualified donors (rate ratio, 1.02; 95% confidence interval, 0.92-1.13). CONCLUSION: Donors who remained eligible did not have a lower risk of CHD, compared to donors who were permanently disqualified due to a false-reactive TD marker. Because of the quasi-random nature of false-reactive screening tests, this natural experiment has a level of validity approaching that of a randomized trial evaluating the effect of regular blood donation on CHD risk. These results do not support the iron hypothesis. |
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Marc Germain; Gilles Delage; Claudia Blais; Elizabeth Maunsell; Francine Décary; Yves Grégoire |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2013-1-16 |
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Title: Transfusion Volume: - ISSN: 1537-2995 ISO Abbreviation: Transfusion Publication Date: 2013 Jan |
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Created Date: 2013-1-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0417360 Medline TA: Transfusion Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2013 American Association of Blood Banks. |
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Héma-Québec, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada; Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; Departments of Social and Preventive Medicine, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada; Faculty of Pharmacy, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada. |
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