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. 2013 May 16;69A(2):119–130. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glt056

Table 2.

Pathological Lesions at Death (in Order From Most Common to Least Common)

Control Rapamycin
Males
 Lesion type
  Seminal vesicle cysts 0.91 (31/45) 0.91 (39/43)
  Lymphoma 0.60 (27/45) 0.56 (24/43)
  Alveolar/bronchiolar adenoma 0.40 (18/45) 0.19 (8/43)
  Kidney lymphocytic infiltrate 0.33 (15/45) 0.26 (11/43)
  Salivary gland lymphocytic infiltrate 0.30 (13/44) 0.17 (7/42)
  Kidney mineralization 0.27 (12/45) 0.26 (11/43)
  Brain mineralization 0.24 (11/45) 0.33 (14/43)
  Hepatic lymphocytic infiltrate 0.24 (11/45) 0.07 (3/43)
  Subscapular adrenal hyperplasia 0.21 (9/43) 0.23 (9/40)
  Hemangioma 0.20 (9/45) 0.05 (2/43)
  Steatosis 0.16 (7/45) 0.12 (5/43)
  Intestinal amyloid 0.14 (6/44) 0.26 (11/43)
  Cardiac amyloid 0.13 (6/45) 0.16 (7/43)
  Pulmonary lymphocytic infiltrate 0.11 (5/45) 0.14 (6/43)
 Presumptive cause of death
  All neoplasia 0.62 (28/45) 0.49 (21/43)
  Nonneoplasia 0.24 (11/45) 0.26 (18/43)
Females
 Lesion type
  Lymphoma 0.88 (36/41) 0.91 (40/44)
  Subscapular adrenal hyperplasia 0.71 (29/41) 0.73 (32/44)
  Pituitary adenoma 0.60 (21/35) 0.49 (16/33)
  Endometrial hyperplasia 0.59 (24/41) 0.65 (28/43)
  All ovarian lesions 0.26 (10/38) 0.18 (7/39)
  Thyroid adenoma 0.24 (9/38) 0.19 (7/37)
  Thyroid hyperplasia 0.21 (8/38) 0.19 (7/37)
  Brain mineralization 0.17 (7/41) 0.18 (8/44)
  Kidney mineralization 0.17 (7/41) 0.21 (9/44)
 Presumptive cause of death
  All neoplasia 0.73 (30/41) 0.70 (31/44)
  Nonneoplasia 0.22 (9/41) 0.16 (7/44)