TABLE 1.
Clinical and Postmortem Characteristics of Examined Subjects Including Braak & Braak Stage of Neurofibrillary Degeneration and β-Amyloidosis
# | Case # | Sex | Age (y) | Cause of Death | PMI (h) | Hem | Brain Weight (g) | NFTs | Aβ |
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1 | 17-07 | F | 25 | Not established | 26 | L | 1402 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 4-12 | F | 31 | Traumatic injuries | 17 | L | 1354 | 0 | 0 |
3 | 291-00 | M | 32 | Heart failure | 14 | R | 1540 | I | 0 |
4 | 212-98 | F | 33 | Bronchopneumonia | 6 | L | 1180 | 0 | 0 |
5 | 38-98 | F | 43 | Sepsis | 10 | L | 1260 | 0 | 0 |
6 | 200-96 | M | 43 | Pulmonary embolism | 8.5 | L | 1380 | I | 0 |
7 | 457-96 | M | 47 | Myocardial infarct | 24 | L | 1500 | I | 0 |
8 | 63-96 | F | 47 | Pneumonia | 9 | L | 1220 | I | 0 |
9 | 64-96 | F | 52 | Pneumonia | 4 | R | 1140 | I | 0 |
10 | 44-96 | F | 53 | Pulmonary embolism | 20 | R | 1180 | I | 0 |
11 | 25-98 | M | 56 | Heart failure | 14 | L | 1430 | II | B |
12 | 458-96 | M | 58 | Lung carcinoma | — | R | 1290 | II | A |
13 | 42-96 | M | 61 | Pneumonia | — | R | 1400 | I | 0 |
14 | 380-01 | M | 61 | Pulmonary embolism | 4 | L | 1380 | II | C |
15 | 9-07 | F | 63 | Not established | — | R | 994 | I | A |
16 | 459-96 | F | 69 | Pulmonary edema | 48 | L | 1320 | II | A |
17 | 129-98 | M | 72 | Myocardial infarct | 3 | L | 1200 | IV | C |
18 | 456-96 | M | 73 | Heart failure | 48 | L | 1200 | III | A |
19 | 199-96 | M | 77 | Intra-abdominal hemorrhage | 19 | L | 1270 | II | A |
20 | 402-00 | F | 78 | Lymphoma | 4 | L | 980 | III | A |
21 | 115-00 | M | 80 | Lymphoma | 7 | L | 1120 | III | C |
22 | 113-00 | M | 82 | Bronchopneumonia | 7 | L | 1140 | IV | C |
23 | 361-99 | M | 83 | Heart failure | 7 | L | 1200 | II | A |
24 | 114-00 | F | 85 | Coronary artery disease | 6 | L | 1060 | II | A |
25 | 191-02 | M | 85 | Heart failure | 27 | R | 1080 | III | 0 |
26 | 362-99 | F | 87 | Brest cancer | 23 | L | 1120 | II | B |
27 | 293-00 | M | 90 | Pneumonia | 6 | L | 1120 | III | A |
28 | 449-02 | F | 102 | Not established | 10 | L | 984 | III | A |
Average and standard error (±) | 15 ± 2.5 | 1230 ± 29 | |||||||
Correlation between age and brain weight | −0.67 (p = 0.0001) |
NFT, neurofibrillary tangle; PMI, postmortem interval in hours (h). Hem, hemisphere; L, left or R, right.