PMID- 2301349
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19900315
LR  - 20190510
IS  - 0002-9262 (Print)
IS  - 0002-9262 (Linking)
VI  - 131
IP  - 3
DP  - 1990 Mar
TI  - Sex ratio of human T-lymphotropic virus type I infection and blood transfusion.
PG  - 395-9
AB  - The prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection is higher 
      for females than for males. Blood transfusion is a potential confounding factor 
      which might contribute to this high female:male ratio. Two studies were performed 
      in Martinique (French West Indies) to clarify this issue: a case-control survey 
      comparing the experience of previous blood transfusion among 62 
      HTLV-I-seropositive and 88 HTLV-I-seronegative blood donors, and a retrospective 
      study of the sex of recipients of blood. Blood transfusion was strongly 
      associated with HTLV-I infection (odds ratio = 6.4, p less than 0.001). Females 
      were more often given blood transfusions (57.9 percent, p less than 0.001) and 
      received a higher percentage of blood units (53.5 percent, p less than 0.05) than 
      could be expected from their proportion in the general population (51.6 percent). 
      Thus, the high female:male sex ratio of HTLV-I-infected subjects might be due 
      partially to a sex difference for blood transfusion.
FAU - Chavance, M
AU  - Chavance M
AD  - INSERM U169, Villejuif, France.
FAU - Frery, N
AU  - Frery N
FAU - Valette, I
AU  - Valette I
FAU - Schaffar-Deshayes, L
AU  - Schaffar-Deshayes L
FAU - Monplaisir, N
AU  - Monplaisir N
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Epidemiol
JT  - American journal of epidemiology
JID - 7910653
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - HTLV-I Infections/epidemiology/*etiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Martinique/ethnology
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - *Transfusion Reaction
EDAT- 1990/03/01 00:00
MHDA- 1990/03/01 00:01
CRDT- 1990/03/01 00:00
PHST- 1990/03/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1990/03/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1990/03/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115514 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Epidemiol. 1990 Mar;131(3):395-9. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115514.