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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transplant Proc. 2008 Mar;40(2):343–345. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.12.019

Table 1.

Affecting factors of donor characteristics for human islet isolation

>3000IEQ/g <3000IEQ/g P-value
Age (yr) 41.2±11.7 42.7±11.6 N.S.
Gender (male/female) 61/36 67/43 N.S.
BMI(kg/m2) 31.7±6.6 28.5±6.2 0.0023
Cardiac arrest laboratory dates 8/95 10/108 N.S.
 Maximum amylase(U/l) 208.7±444.4 1063.9±696.9 N.S.
 Maximum glucose (mg/dl) 222.1±88.5 246.2±91.5 N.S.
Insulin use 34/92 38/96 N.S.
Steroid use 52/88 63/105 N.S.
Vasopressor use 86/96 94/111 N.S.

NS= not significant