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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 27.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2009 Sep 27;88(6):820–825. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181b4bdbb

Table 2. Donor and Graft Characteristics for Two Groups of Islet Recipients.

ITA IAK
Number of donors 19 17
Donor Age (year) 48.8±9.6 49.6±10.5
Donor BMI 34.2±9.8 34.1±13.7
CIT (min) 372±79m (6h12m±1h19m) 405±95m (6h45m±1h35m)
Pancreas weight (g) 115.3±29.8 118.5±27.8
Islet yield (IEq) 495,259±160,926 451,891±94,938
Proportion cultured (%) 0 36.8*
IEq/kg 13,838±3,121 13,411±5,903
IEq/Ins 27,722±13,864 19,823±11,034**

Abbreviations: ITA, Islet Transplant Alone; IAK, Islet After Kidney; BMI, Body Mass Index; CIT, Cold Ischemia Time; IEq, Islet Equivalents; and IEq/kg, number of islets in islet equivalent per kg of recipient body weight; IEq/Ins, number of islets in islet equivalent required for reduction of one unit of insulin per day.

*

p<0.05, and

**

p>0.05