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We included 94,628 donors with 338,290 ferritin measurements from March 2010 to October 2022. We performed sex\u2010stratified multivariable Cox regression to estimate the risk of infection for iron\u2010deficient donors compared with iron\u2010replete donors. Infection was defined as either a filled prescription of antibiotics registered in the Danish National Prescription Registry (NPR), or a hospital contact with infection registered in the Danish National Patient Registry (DNPR).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Iron deficiency was associated with an overall increased risk of infection (defined as prescriptions of antibiotics) for women (hazard ratio [HR] 1.08, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.02\u20131.15). Subgroup analyses showed an increased risk of respiratory tract infections (HR 1.16, 95% CI 1.05\u20131.28) and urinary tract infections (HR 1.16, 95% CI 1.04\u20131.29). 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