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Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2007 Feb 5;143(4):607–615. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.12.006

TABLE 3.

Donor Demographics

MGS Grade	Sample Size	Gender		Age (yrs)^*		TAD (hrs)	Smoking history¹ (%)	Cause of Death ( # )
MGS Grade	Sample Size	M	F	Mean	Range	TAD (hrs)	Smoking history¹ (%)	Cause of Death ( # )
1	10	6	4	67 ± 8	53–80	15.6 ± 3	7 (70)	Cancer (5), COPD (2), Multiorgan failure (2), HTN (1)
2	11	8	3	67 ± 11	64–75	16.2 ± 4	4 (40)	Cancer (6), Respiratory (4), CVA (1)
3	11	5	6	70 ± 9	54–91	18.2 ± 3	5 (50)	Cancer (7), COPD (2), Alzheimer (1), Surgical complication (1)
4	8	3	5	83 ± 11	61–98	15.9 ± 3	5 (62)	Cancer (2), CHF (1), COPD (1), CVA (2), Respiratory (1), Alzheimer (1)

M = male; F = female; TAD = Time after death to tissue freezing (mean ± SD); COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HTN = hypertension; CVA = cerebro-vascular accident; CHF = chronic heart failure.

Mean ± SD.

Number of donors with a positive smoking history.