Table 1. Demographic data for postmortem MS cases.

Case no	Age (y)	PMD (h)	Gender	Duration (y)	Cause of death
MS404	55	17	F	34	Pneumonia, septicaemia
MS406	62	23	M	42	Pneumonia, MS
MS411	61	24	M	29	Pneumonia, MS
MS422	58	25	M	25	Pneumonia, MS
MS444	49	18	M	20	Renal failure
MS461	43	13	M	21	Bronchopneumonia
MS466	65	25	F	36	Pneumonia, Lung carcinoma
MS478	63	24	F	39	Bowel cancer, MS
MS500	50	32	M	29	Urinary sepsis
MS510	38	19	F	22	Pneumonia
MS517	48	12	F	25	Chest sepsis, MS
MS523	63	20	F	32	Bronchopneumonia, MS
MS530	42	15	M	21	MS
MS535	65	12	F	40	MS
MS542	76	12	F	35	Pneumonia, MS
MS549	50	8	M	29	MS
MS567	45	48	F	23	MS
MS584	42	26	F	12	MS
MS585	53	27	F	27	Bronchopneumonia, MS
MS587	58	36	F	20	Cardiac arrest, MS
N = 20	mean = 54	mean = 22	22F:12M	mean = 28

Age at death, postmortem delay, gender, and duration of disease of the MS cases used in this study. The case numbers represent the UK MS Society Tissue Bank case identifiers. The cause of death is that presented on the death certificates.

MS, multiple sclerosis; PMD, postmortem delay.