Table 4.

Characteristics of cases and controls used in the Autism Brain Atlas project. Abbreviations: A = autism; C = control; F = female; M = male; H = hemisphere; R = right; L = left; BW = birth weight; PMI = post‐mortem interval; * = not available.

No	Case	Age (years)	Sex	H	BW (g)	PMI (h)	Fix (days)	Cause of death
A1	IBR‐425‐02	4	M	R	1160	30	4560	Drowning
C1	B‐6736	4	F	R	1530	17	126	Acute bronchopneumonia after tonsillectomy
A2	UMB‐1627	5	F	R	1390	13	1568	Auto trauma
C2	UMB‐1499	4	F	R	1222	21	233	Lymphocytic myocarditis
A3	B‐6403	7	M	R	1610	25	330	Drowning
C3	UMB‐4898	7	M	R	1240	12	130	Drowning
A4	B‐5666	8	M	R	1570	22	196	Sarcoma
C4	UMB‐1708	8	F	R	1222	20	650	Traumatic multiple injury
A5	B‐5535	13	M	L	1470	8	75	Seizure?
C5	BTB‐3638	14	M	R	1464	20	1067	Electrocution
A6	B‐6115	17	F	L	1158	25	470	Dilated cardiomyopathy
C6	UMB‐1843	15	F	R	1250	9	372	Multiple injuries
A7	UMB‐1638	21	F	R	1108	50	136	Obstructive pulmonary disease
C7	UMB‐1846	20	F	R	1340	9	245	Multiple injuries
A8	IBR‐93‐01	23	M	R	1610	14	505	Drowning
C8	UMB‐1646	23	M	R	1520	6	95	Ruptured spleen
A9	B‐5947	32	M	L	1510	23	288	Respiratory failure
C9	UMB‐4543	29	M	R	1514	13	89	Traumatic multiple injury
A10	B‐6212	36	M	R	1370	24	*	Circulatory failure of cardiac origin; renal failure
C10	UMB‐1576	32	M	R	*	24	*	Compressional asphyxia
A11	B‐6202	48	M	L	1260	*	875	Oxygen deprivation‐chocking on food
C11	BTB‐3899	48	M	L	1412	24	215	Atherosclerotic heart disease
A12	BB‐1376	52	M	L	1324	11	84	Heart attack
C12	IBR‐252‐02	51	M	L	1450	18	1819	Myocardial infarct
A13	B‐6276	56	M	R	1570	3	692	Arteriosclerotic heart disease
C13	BTB‐3983	52	M	R	1430	12	158	atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
A14	B‐6862	66	M	R	1380	13	*	Suspected drowning
C14	B‐6874	64	M	R	1250	28	*	Cardiac arrest