Table 3.
Mitochondria Stress Test Results from Primary Culture Human Lens Epithelial Cells
| Patient Characteristic | Baseline OCR (fmol/min/cell) |
Maximal OCR (fmol/min/cell) |
O2-dependent ATP Production (%) |
Proton Leak (%) |
Spare Resp. Capacity (fmol/min/cell) |
Baseline ECAR (μpH/min/cell) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age ≤69 years | 2.86* | 5.28 | 32% | 68% | 2.37 | 2.04 |
| Age ≥70 years | 2.21 | 4.33 | 35% | 65% | 2.12 | 1.76 |
| Non-Diabetic | 2.79* | 5.20 | 33% | 67% | 2.41 | 1.93 |
| Diabetic | 2.02 | 3.96 | 34% | 66% | 1.94 | 1.86 |
| No Glaucoma | 2.83* | 5.46* | 33% | 67% | 2.59 | 2.13 |
| Glaucoma | 2.27 | 4.17 | 33% | 67% | 1.90 | 1.68 |
| Female | 2.63 | 4.85 | 32% | 68% | 2.19 | 2.09 |
| Male | 2.39 | 4.76 | 35% | 65% | 1.57 | 1.51 |
| Caucasian | 2.57 | 4.69 | 32% | 68% | 2.10 | 1.68 |
| African American | 2.53 | 5.05 | 36% | 64% | 2.53 | 2.31 |
| Total (n=69) | 2.55 | 4.82 | 33% | 67% | 2.27 | 1.91 |
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OCR = Oxygen Consumption Rate, ECAR = Extracellular Acidification Rate