Table 1.
Profile of cases
| Controls | Alzheimer’s disease/apolipoprotein E genotype | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ε3/ε3 | ε3/ε4 | ε4/ε4 | ||
| Number of cases | 20 | 34 | 19 | 11 |
| Sex (male/female) | 9/11 | 15/19 | 8/11 | 5/6 |
| Age in years (±SD) | 81 ± 8.1 | 85 ± 6.6 | 76 ± 7.3 | 77 ± 7.9 |
| FAST | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| 6b | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 6d | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| 6e | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| 7a | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
| 7b | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
| PMSI (±SD) | 2.2 ± 0.4 | 2.6 ± 0.7 | 2.7 ± 0.6 | 2.7 ± 0.5 |
| Cause of death | ||||
| Bronchopneumonia | 5 | 30 | 17 | 9 |
| Myocardial infarction | 11 | — | — | 2 |
| Embolism of lung | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Sepsis | 2 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Postmortem delay in hr (±SD) | 2.8 ± 0.3 | 3.3 ± 0.5 | 3.1 ± 0.4 | 3.0 ± 0.7 |
| Fresh brain weight in gm (±SD) | 1282 ± 74 | 1210 ± 53 | 1208 ± 64 | 1164 ± 86 |