TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics of the subjects.

Sex	Age (wks or years)	Age at death (day or years)	LB/SB	PMI (h)	Cause of death
M	24	NA	SB	NA	Hydrops fetalis with pulmonary hypoplasia
M	24	0	SB	NA	Undetermined
F	24	0	SB	NA	Fetal vascular malperfusion-cord obstruction
M	26	8	LB	0	Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
M	27	7	LB	2	Intrauterine growth restriction
M	27	0	LB	0	Arthrogryposis with cardiomegaly
F	28	0	LB	0	Hydrops fetalis
F	28	43	LB	1	Conjoined twins, thoracopagus type
F	28	0	SB	NA	Fragile X syndrome
F	28	0	SB	NA	Feral and maternal vascular malperfusion
M	29	4	LB	1	Gastric perforation; pneumonia
M	30	0	SB	0	Multiple congenital anomalies
M	30	31	LB	1	Bronchopneumonia
F	34	0	SB	NA	Undetermined
F	35	0	SB	NA	Fetal vascular malperfusion-cord obstruction
M	37	0	SB	0	Hydrops fetalis
M	37	0	SB	2	Sepsis
M	38	0	LB	0	Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
M	38	0	SB	NA	Oligohydramnios
F	39	0	SB	NA	Sepsis
F	40	0	SB	NA	Fetal vascular malperfusion-cord obstruction
M	Adult	59	-	6	Acute myocardial infarction, lung cancer, normal brain
F	Adult	79	-	20	Congestive heart failure
M	Adult	35	-	8	Adenocarcinoma., normal brain
M	Adult	70	-	59	Lung abscesses
M	Adult	85	-	60	Lung abscesses, normal brain

LB/SB: liveborn/stillborn; PMI: post-mortem interval; NA: not available