Table 1.

Patient characteristics with patient age, sex, cause of death and post-mortem delay. Patient 1–9 were used for RNA sequencing, patient 10–15 for biological validation. The cause of death of 4 patients is unknown, since the arteries for the study were donated anonymously and only age, gender and post mortem delay were available

Patient number	Age (years)	Sex (male/female)	Cause of death	Post mortem delay (hours)
1	60	m	ALS	< 24
2	59	m	ALS	< 12
3	78	m	unknown	< 12
4	87	f	Stroke	< 6
5	65	f	ALS	24–48
6	62	f	ALS	24–48
7	66	f	ALS	24–48
8	32	m	unknown	24–48
9	68	m	ALS	< 24
10	69	m	Sepsis	< 24
11	68	f	Pneumonia	24–48
12	46	f	Peritonitis	48–72
13	85	f	Stroke	48–72
14	88	f	Unknown	48–72
15	59	m	Unknown	< 24