Table 2.
Demographic Information on Subjects Used in This Study
| Phenotype | Number of Subjects | Male | Female | Unknown | Average Age | AAO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American postmortem sample used in mRNA level analysis | ||||||
| Controls | 20a | 11 | 9 | 0 | 58.75±3.58 | |
| Cases | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 58.30±3.62 | |
| Total | 40 | 22 | 18 | 0 | ||
| AIM-defined Caucasians of European ancestry used in association study | ||||||
| Controls | 796 | 201 | 592 | 3 | 55.28±0.40 | |
| Cases | 426 | 328 | 98 | 0 | 40.53±0.61c | 21.14±0.30 |
| Total | 1222b | 529 | 690 | 3 | ||
Note: AAO, age-at-onset; AIM, ancestry-informative marker.
aOne of the 20 cases was self-reported African American and all other 39 as self-reported US Caucasians.
bOut of 1717 subjects studied.
cRecruitment age.