Table 3. Summary of the fifty six cases analyzed including frontal cortex area 8 of 14 controls and 15 ALS cases, and anterior horn of the spinal cord of 13 controls and 14 ALS cases.
RIN value | |||||||
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Case | Age | Gender | Diagnosis | PM delay | Initial symptoms | SC | FC |
1 | 49 | F | Control | 07 h 00 min | - | - | 7.2 |
2 | 75 | F | Control | 03 h 00 min | - | - | 7.2 |
3 | 55 | M | Control | 05 h 40 min | - | - | 7.7 |
4 | 59 | M | Control | 12 h 05 min | - | 6.4 | - |
5 | 59 | M | Control | 07 h 05 min | - | - | 7.8 |
6 | 43 | M | Control | 05 h 55 min | - | 6.6 | 7.7 |
7 | 53 | M | Control | 07 h 25 min | - | - | 5.3 |
8 | 56 | M | Control | 03 h 50 min | - | - | 7.6 |
9 | 47 | M | Control | 04 h 55 min | - | 5.6 | 7.7 |
10 | 64 | F | Control | 11 h 20 min | - | 6.2 | - |
11 | 46 | M | Control | 15 h 00 min | - | 5.9 | 7.9 |
12 | 56 | M | Control | 07 h 10 min | - | 6.1 | - |
13 | 71 | F | Control | 08 h 30 min | - | 5.9 | - |
14 | 64 | F | Control | 05 h 00 min | - | 7.0 | - |
15 | 79 | F | Control | 06 h 25 min | - | 6.7 | - |
16 | 75 | M | Control | 07 h 30 min | - | 5.0 | - |
17 | 55 | M | Control | 09 h 45 min | - | 5.3 | - |
18 | 52 | M | Control | 03 h 00 min | - | - | 8.3 |
19 | 52 | M | Control | 04 h 40 min | - | - | 6.3 |
20 | 76 | M | Control | 06 h 30 min | - | 6.6 | - |
21 | 60 | F | Control | 11 h 30 min | - | - | 7.5 |
22 | 51 | F | Control | 04 h 00 min | - | 6.3 | 7.9 |
23 | 54 | M | Control | 08 h 45 min | - | - | 7.0 |
24 | 56 | M | ALS | 10 h 50 min | NA | 7.1 | - |
25 | 70 | M | ALS | 03 h 00 min | Respiratory | 7.3 | 7.0 |
26 | 77 | M | ALS | 04 h 30 min | NA | 7.4 | - |
27 | 56 | F | ALS | 03 h 45 min | NA | 8.2 | 7.7 |
28 | 59 | M | ALS | 03 h 15 min | NA | 7.5 | 7.7 |
29 | 63 | F | ALS | 13 h 50 min | Bulbar | 6.8 | 8.2 |
30 | 59 | F | ALS | 14 h 15 min | NA | 6.4 | 6.7 |
31 | 54 | M | ALS | 04 h 50 min | Spinal | - | 7.8 |
32 | 76 | M | ALS | 12 h 40 min | Spinal | - | 7.4 |
33 | 64 | M | ALS | 16 h 30 min | NA | 6.3 | 7.3 |
34 | 57 | F | ALS | 04 h 00 min | Bulbar | 6.2 | 8.6 |
35 | 75 | F | ALS | 04 h 05 min | Bulbar | 6.8 | 6.8 |
36 | 79 | F | ALS | 02 h 10 min | NA | 7.0 | - |
37 | 57 | F | ALS | 10 h 00 min | Bulbar | 6.5 | 7.1 |
38 | 50 | M | ALS | 10 h 10 min | Spinal | - | 5.9 |
39 | 59 | F | ALS | 02 h 30 min | Spinal | - | 7.5 |
40 | 46 | M | ALS | 07 h 00 min | Spinal | 7.0 | 8.0 |
41 | 69 | F | ALS | 17 h 00 min | Spinal | 6.4 | 6.3 |
Abbreviations: ALS: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; F: female; M: male; PM: post-mortem delay (hours, minutes); SC: anterior horn of the spinal cord lumbar level; FC: frontal cortex area 8; RIN: RNA integrity number; NA: not available.