TABLE 1.

Autopsy Control and Keratoconus Patient Demographic Data for Immunohistochemistry Results

Autopsy Patient Data
	Age (yrs)	Gender	Corneal Status	Cause of Death	Death to Preservation Time (hrs)
	46	Male	Normal	Multiple organ failure	19
	40	Male	Normal	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	21
	48	female	Normal	Multiple organ failure	6
	33	female	Normal	Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome	13
	48	Male	Normal	Lung failure	22
Mean	43				16
SD	6				7

Keratoconus Patient Data
	Age (yrs)	Gender	Diagnosis	Keratometry (D)	Pachymetry (μm)	Severity
	25	Male	Keratoconus	44	624	Mild
	35	Female	Keratoconus	Unknown	443	Mild
	27	Female	Keratoconus	43	Unknown	Mild
	39	Female	Keratoconus	Unknown	427	Mild
	42	Female	Keratoconus	Unknown	565	Mild
	16	Male	Keratoconus	42	538	Mild
Mean	31			43	519
SD	10			1	83
	54	Female	Keratoconus	63	321	Severe
	28	Male	Keratoconus	41	380	Severe
	68	Female	Keratoconus	63	420	Severe
	35	Female	Keratoconus	56	445	Severe
	17	Male	Keratoconus	Unknown	400	Severe
	26	Female	Keratoconus	51	275	Severe
	75	Male	Keratoconus	89	359	Severe
Mean	43			61	371
SD	22			15	59

D = diopters; hrs = hours; SD = standard deviation; yrs = years.