Table 1.
Comparison of Proportion of β-cells in Human Islets of Same Donors using Two Different Cell Counting Methods.
| β-Cell/Islet (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donor | Age(Years) | Sex | BMI | Total Cells(Using EM) | Using EM | Using LM |
| H0424 | 54 | M | 25.4 | 621 | 83.9 | 66.5 |
| H0415 | 56 | F | 36.9 | 629 | 57.1 | 76.5 |
| H0411 | 57 | F | 21.4 | 558 | 73.5 | 73.9 |
| H0410 | 58 | M | 25.2 | 548 | 65.5 | 56.3 |
| H0407 | 50 | F | 47.6 | 669 | 71.9 | 66.9 |
| H0406 | 54 | M | 28.3 | 662 | 82.7 | 79.9 |
| H0401 | 38 | F | 20.8 | 791 | 70.8 | 72.3 |
| Mean (SEM) | 72.2 (3.5) | 70.3 (3.0) | ||||
BMI, body mass index; M, male; F, female; EM, electron microscopy; LM, light microscopy