Table 1.
Anamnesis of patients
| Specimens |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Mean ± SD | |
| Age (yrs) | 69 | 88 | 78 | 96 | 95 | 79 | 98 | 87 | 80 | 95 | 86.5 ± 9.70 |
| Sex | M | F | M | F | F | F | F | F | F | M | - |
| PMR (hr) | 22 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 21.5 | 23.7 | 15.32 ± 6.51 |
| Cause of death | HB | Alz | CPA | CPA | RA | CPA | RA | Alz | ukn | NC | - |
| Primary disease | HB | CAD | CA | ukn | ukn | Hyp | ukn | ukn | PKD | n | - |
| Risk factors | |||||||||||
| Hypertension | y | n | y | n | n | y | n | n | n | n | - |
| Cholesterol | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | - |
| Diabetes | y | ukn | n | n | n | ukn | y | n | n | n | - |
| GERD | n | y | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | - |
| Pneumonia | n | n | n | n | y | n | n | n | n | n | - |
| Dementia | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | y | n | n | - |
| Atherosclerosis | |||||||||||
| Coronary | n | y | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | - |
PMR = post-mortem recovery time, Alzheimer's = Alz, CA = cardiac arrest, CAD = Coronary artery disease, CHF = Chronic heart failure, CPA = Chronic pulmonary aspergillos, COPD = Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, GERD = Gastroesophageal reflux disease, HB = Heart blockage, Hyp = Hypertension, NC = Natural causes (old age), RA = Respiratory arrest, PKD = Polycystic Kidney Disease, ukn = unknown.