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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 2.

Mitochondrial measurements (middle third of macular RPE)

Age (years) 1 6.5 23 26 27 35
RPE cells (#) 24 18 22 22 12 23
Mt density (#/μm2) 0.17 ± 0.18 0.04 ± 0.03 0.08 ± 0.05 0.03 ± 0.02 0.03 ± 0.02 0.01 ± 0.01
P (vs. 1-year) 0.001 0.023 <0.001 0.001 <0.001
Mt length (μm) 0.76 ± 0.43 1.11 ± 0.28 1.27 ± 0.66 1.14 ± 0.40 2.00 ± 0.69 1.80 ± 0.88
P (vs. 1-year) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001

Data are shown as average ± standard deviation.