Control group (n=125) |
Cornea guttata group (n=43) |
p Value (Wilcoxon rank sum test) | |
Donor age (years) | 68 (13) | 67 (16) | 0.99 (NS) |
Death to organ culture time (hours) | 39 (10) | 38 (11) | 0.64 (NS) |
Organ culture time (days) | 19.9 (4.0) | 22.5 (5.1) | 0.003 |
Endothelial density after organ culture (cells/mm2) | 2167 (276) | 2006 (224) | 0.0008 |
Coefficient of variation of endothelial cell area after organ culture (%) | 18 (3) | 18 (2) | 0.50 (NS) |
Average figure coefficient of endothelial cells after organ culture (%) | 75 (4) | 73 (3) | 0.01 |