Table 1.

Patient characteristics of cases evaluated for active caspase-3-like immunoreactivity

Case	Cause of death	Time to autopsy	HIV status	Neuropsych testing	Neuropathology
1	Hepatic failure	4 hr	HIV+	Impaired	HIVE
2	Pneumonia	24 hr	HIV+	Impaired	HIVE
3	Pneumonia	24 hr	HIV+	Impaired	HIVE
4	Hepatic failure	3 hr	HIV+	Impaired	HIVE
5	Pneumonia	16 hr	HIV+	Impaired	HIVE
6	Pneumonia	10 hr	HIV+	Normal	None
7	Sepsis	14 hr	HIV+	Normal	None
8	Fungal sepsis	24 hr	HIV+	Normal	Fungal vasculitis
9	Hepatic failure	24 hr	HIV−	Not available	Type II Alzheimer's gliosis
10	Hepatic failure	7 hr	HIV−	Not available	None

The age range was 33–55 years. There was no significant difference in mean age or time to autopsy between patients with HIVE and controls. The cause of death for each HAD–HIVE case was also represented in the control group. HIV+, HIV positive; HIV−, HIV negative.