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Table 2 Willingness and behavior to donate blood and post-mortem organs according to academic interest

From: Willingness toward post-mortem body donation to science at a Mexican university: an exploratory survey

Academic interest

n

Blood donor,

n (%)

Willingness POD,

n (%)

Registered POD,

n (%)

Consistency Willingness - Registry,

n (%)

Business

24

11 (45.8)

20 (83.3)

4 (16.7)a

4/20 (20.0)c

Technical

23

10 (43.5)

17 (73.9)

7 (30.4)

7/17 (41.2)

Health

51

19 (37.3)

51 (100)

26 (51.0)

26/51 (51.0)

Arts & Design

13

6 (46.2)

12 (92.3)

6 (46.2)

6/12 (50.0)

Social sciences & Humanities

32

24 (75.0)a

30 (93.8)

21 (65.6)b

21/30 (70.0)c

Total cohort

143

70 (49.0)

130 (90.9)

64 (44.8)

64/130 (49.2)

  1. a, X2(4) = 11.891, P = 0.018, significant; b, X2(4) = 16.013, P = 0.03, significant; c, X2(4) = 12.52, P = 0.014, significant; POD post-mortem organ donation