Table 1.

Normal Appearing White Matter Sample Information.

CASE	AGEa	Genderb	Postmortem intervalc	Cause of death	MS
1	62	M	NAd	Surgical complication	No
2	82	M	6	Heart Attack	No
3	54	F	21	NA	No
4	80	M	9	NA	No
5	48	M	20	Drug Overdose	No
6	36	F	5	NA	Yes
7	55	F	4	Sepsis/pneumona	Yes
8	38	F	8	Pneumonia	Yes
9	59	M	NA	Myocardial infarct	Yes
10	50	F	15	NA	Yes
11	68	M	18	NA	Yes
12	53	F	23	NA	Yes
13	54	F	24	NA	Yes
14	32	F	8	NA	Yes
15	74	M	24	NA	Yes
16	59	F	12	Pneumonia	Yes
17	46	M	16	NA	Yes
18	69	M	4	Sepsis	Yes
19	72	F	12	NA	Yes
20	58	F	NA	Pneumonia	Yes
21	52	F	3	NA	Yes

^aNo significant difference in mean age between control and MS patients

^bThere was a higher percentage of males in the control compared to the MS patients.

^cNo significant difference in mean postmortem interval between control and MS patients.

^dNA – Information is not available