Table 1.

Donor Demographics and Clinical Information^*

MGS Grade	Sample (n)	Sex		Age (y)		Cause of Death (n)†
		M	F	Mean ± SD	Range
1 (young)	19	12	7	45 ± 6	34–56	Cancer (12), CVA (1), organ failure (1), renal disease (1), respiratory (2), sepsis (2)
1‡	26	13	13	76 ± 8	59–88	ALS (1), cardiogenic shock (1), cancer (9), organ failure (2), CVA (1), hemorrhage (2), myocardial infarct (2), respiratory (4), sepsis (4)
2	16	9	7	80 ± 6	68–88	Cancer (4), CVA (2), hemorrhage (1), head injury (1), myocardial infarct (2), PF (1), renal disease (1), respiratory (2), sepsis (2)
3	19	11	8	81 ± 10	55–95	ACE (3), cardiomyopathy (1), cancer (6), myocardial infarct (2), renal failure (3), respiratory (4)
4	11	3	8	75 ± 11	58–87	Cancer (4), organ failure (1), CVA (1), renal disease (3), respiratory (1), hemorrhage (1)

CVA, cardiovascular accident; ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; PF, pulmonary fibrosis; ACE, acute cardiac event. Organ failure includes multiple organ failure, and cardiac failure.

^*Information supplied by the Minnesota Lions Eye Bank.

^†The number of donors for each cause of death indicated in parentheses.

^‡These donors were used as the age-matched control in the AMD comparison and were also included in the age comparison.