Table 1. Characteristics of infant donors and of their isolated islets.
Donors | Islets | ||||||||
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Age (mo) | Sex | BW (kg) | Cause of death | Heart-beating | CIT | Purity (%) | Viability (%) | Culture duration | Insulin content (ng/islet) |
11 | F | 8 | Child abuse: head trauma | Yes | 1h15 | 90 | 90 | 35/60 h | 10.1 |
12 | M | 9 | Pneumococcal meningitis | Yes | 1h00 | 95 | 95 | 34/58 h | 9.8 |
22 | M | 13 | Traffic accident | No:3min | 4h50 | 65 | 85 | 37 h | 12.5 |
24 | F | 12 | Child abuse: head trauma | Yes | 4h45 | 50 | 90 | 32/38 h | 18.9 |
36 | M | 17 | Traffic accident | Yes | 2h45 | 80 | 86 | 35 h | 17.9 |
CIT: Cold Ischemia Time