Donor age (years) |
Mean (SD) | 67.3 (15.7) | 89.4 (3.4) | 0.0001 |
Range | 16–84 | 85–100 | |
Median | 73 | 89 | |
Time death procurement (hours, mean (SD)) | 12.5 (7.7) | 12.9 (8.1) | 0.806 |
Non-heart beating/heart beating donors (%) | 92/8 | 100/0 | 0.74 |
Macroscopic appearance (%) |
Epithelial impairment* | 27.7 | 28.6 | 0.915 |
Presence of stromal oedema* | 10.3 | 7.1 | 0.769 |
Presence of stromal opacity(ies)* | 1.9 | 2.4 | 0.856 |
Presence of descemetic folds* | 49.7 | 73.8 | 0.005 |
Presence of gerontoxon* | 47.1 | 78.6 | 0.001 |
Cornea quality score (%) (very good/good/acceptable)* | 34/38/28 | 10/49/41 | 0.008 |