Table I. Summary of Bruch membrane/choroid tissue samples.

Tissue preparations from AMD and control donors (from supplemental Table 1) are summarized with the approximate amount of protein analyzed per donor tissue.

Property	Sample set 1		Sample set 2		Sample set 3		All samples
	Control	AMD	Control	AMD	Control	AMD	Control	AMD
Tissue donors	5	4	10	10	10	10	25	24
Mean age (years)	80	78	82	82	81	80	81	81
Age range (years)	73–86	70–83	71–87	70–87	71–87	72–87	71–87	70–87
Male donors	1	1	5	6	6	4	12	11
Female donors	4	3	5	4	4	6	13	13
Early/mid-stage dry AMD		2		4		4		10
Advanced AMD, dry		1		3		2		6
Advanced AMD, wet (CNV)		1		3		4		8
Mean amount protein analyzed (μg)	∼40	∼40	∼53	∼53	∼50	∼50	∼50	∼50