Table 1.

The case characteristics for the 50 TBI fatalities and 16 controls (sudden cardiovascular fatalities) that were included in the semiquantitative analysis of GFAP positivity in neurons in this study. Note that no survival time was assumed for control cases due to the immediate death resulting from the fatal cardiovascular event. H hours, min minutes

	Sex		Age		Survival time		PMI
Group	Female	Male	Range	Median	Range	Median	Range	Median
TBI fatalities
Acute death	7	17	18–75 years	44 years	5–90 min	15 min	5–117 h	43 h
Subacute death	4	11	23–85 years	62 years	5–50 h	2 h	31–144 h	72 h
Delayed death	2	9	26–81 years	57 years	3–144 days	11 days	22–120 h	71 h
Control group (sudden cardiovascular fatalities)
Control	7	9	27–91 years	64 years	0 h	0 h	26–139 h	60 h