Table 1.

Donor characteristics and clinical information^a.

Disease stateb	Samplec (n)	Sex Male (n)	Sex Female (n)	Aged (mean ± SD)	Timee (mean ± SD)	Cause of deathf (n)
No AMD	21	10	11	64 ± 9.8	18 ± 4.2	ABI (2), ACE (2), ALS (1), cancer (5), CVA (2), ESRD (1), MI (1), pneumonia (1), respiratory failure (2), and sepsis (4)
AMD	32	23	9	71 ± 11.7	19 ± 4.0	ACE (3), cancer (6), cardiac arrest (2), CHF (4), COPD (2), CVA (2), ESLD (1), MI (1), multisystem organ failure (1), pneumonia (2), sepsis (7), and unknown (1)

ABI: anoxic brain injury; ACE: acute cardiac event; ALS: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; CHF: congestive heart failure; CVA: cerebrovascular accident; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ESLD: end-stage liver disease; ESRD: end-stage renal disease; MI: myocardial infarction. ^aInformation supplied by Lions Gift of Sight (St. Paul, MN). ^bMinnesota Grading System (MGS) was used to evaluate the stage of AMD in eye bank eyes (Olsen and Feng [21]). No AMD: MGS1; AMD: MGS 2, 3, or 4. ^cSample number indicates the total donors with or without AMD used in the current study. ^dAge of donors is significantly different between No AMD and AMD groups (p = 0.02) by t-test analysis. ^eThe time from death to harvesting in hours. ^fThe number of donors for each cause of death is indicated in parentheses.