Table 1.

Developmental Cohort Demographics

Group	Age Range (y)	Average Age (y)	Gender	PMI (h)	pH	RIN Values
Microarray
Neonate	0.11–0.24	0.17 ± 0.02	5M/2F	22.7 ± 2.40	6.60 ± 0.05	8.96 ± 0.12
Infant	0.25–0.91	0.46 ± 0.07	6M/2F	17.63 ± 2.72	6.69 ± 0.05	8.6 ± 0.23
Toddler	1.58–4.86	3.07 ± 0.55	3M/3F	25.67 ± 3.90	6.74 ± 0.07	8.18 ± 0.23
School age	5.39–12.98	9.72 ± 1.24	3M/3F	14.67 ± 2.22	6.73 ± 0.06	8.65 ± 0.16
Teenage	15–17.82	16.92 ± 0.42	5M/1F	16.83 ± 1.92	6.79 ± 0.02	7.97 ± 0.43
Young adult	20.14–25.38	23.15 ± 0.80	4M/2F	12.0 ± 2.20	6.75 ± 0.08	9.03 ± 0.14
Adult	35.99–49.22	41.90 ± 2.09	4M/2F	13.83 ± 2.18	6.68 ± 0.09	8.38 ± 0.13
qPCR
Neonate	0.11–0.24	0.18 ± 0.01	7M/4F	22.11 ± 1.88	6.56 ± 0.05	7.01 ± 0.27
Infant	0.25–0.91	0.53 ± 0.06	9M/5F	17.46 ± 1.76	6.61 ± 0.05	7.19 ± 0.19
Toddler	1.58–4.86	2.79 ± 0.39	5M/5F	22 ± 3.21	6.74 ± 0.06	6.83 ± 0.22
School age	5.39–12.97	9.40 ± 0.93	5M/4F	14.75 ± 1.72	6.7 ± 0.06	6.98 ± 0.23
Teenage	15–17.69	16.80 ± 0.35	6M/2F	17.86 ± 1.47	6.74 ± 0.03	6.60 ± 0.28
Young adult	20.14–25.38	23.17 ± 0.58	6M/3F	13.67 ± 2.75	6.67 ± 0.08	6.73 ± 0.22
Adult	35.99–49.22	43.44 ± 1.84	5M/3F	13.38 ± 1.63	6.60 ± 0.10	6.53 ± 0.27
Protein
Neonate	0.15–0.21	0.18 ± 0.01	5M/2F	20.57 ± 2.10	6.49 ± 0.09
Infant	0.25–0.91	0.54 ± 0.06	7M/6F	16.54 ± 1.81	6.58 ± 0.06
Toddler	1.58–4.86	2.87 ± 0.43	5M/3F	19.63 ± 1.68	6.68 ± 0.09
School age	5.39–12.97	9.12 ± 0.87	5M/4F	15.11 ± 1.56	6.63 ± 0.09
Teenage	15–17.82	16.93 ± 0.33	6M/2F	17.13 ± 1.47	6.75 ± 0.03
Young adult	20.14–25.38	23.11 ± 0.66	6M/2F	13.63 ± 3.12	6.69 ± 0.09
Adult	35.99–49.22	42.69 ± 1.93	5M/2F	13.57 ± 1.86	6.67 ± 0.08

Note: PMI, postmortem interval; RIN, RNA integrity number; qPCR, quantitative real-time PCR.