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We sought to assess this via surveys of infrequent, nonmenstruating deferred blood donors at two institutions, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">B<\/jats:styled-content>lood<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>enter of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">W<\/jats:styled-content>isconsin and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">P<\/jats:styled-content>uget <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">S<\/jats:styled-content>ound <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">B<\/jats:styled-content>lood <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>enter.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Study Design and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Men at least 18 years of age and women at least 50 years of age who were deferred for low <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">Hb<\/jats:styled-content> (\u226412.5\u2009g\/<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">dL<\/jats:styled-content>), had not more than one donation in the year prior to deferral, and did not successfully donate in the 3 months after their deferral were surveyed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The total response rate was 380 donors or 34% of those contacted. 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