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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2016 Apr 22;254(6):1221–1227. doi: 10.1007/s00417-016-3342-x

Table 1.

Mitochondrial measurements (basal third of macular RPE)

Age (years) 1 2 6.5 23 26 27 35
RPE cells (#) 24 16 18 22 22 12 23
Mt density (#/μm2) 0.96 ± 0.42 0.37 ± 0.32 0.30 ± 0.10 0.26 ± 0.19 0.31 ± 0.14 0.22 ± 0.16 0.16 ± 0.08
P (vs. 1-year) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Mt length (μm) 0.57 ± 0.11 0.76 ± 0.16 1.06 ± 0.27 1.01 ± 0.30 0.88 ± 0.16 0.86 ± 0.13 1.27 ± 0.34
P (vs. 1-year) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001

Data are shown as average ± standard deviation.