Table 1.

Summary of cases examined

Case	Gender	Age (years)	Post-mortem delay	Neuropathology	Cause of death
1	Male	40	5 h 10 min	NL	CA
2	Female	40	8 h 45 min	NL	PNEU
3	Male	44	6 h 40 min	NL	THR-EMB
4	Male	45	4 h 5 min	CRIB	C-INF
5	Female	46	7 h 15 min	CRIB	MYO
6	Female	48	4 h 5 min	NL	CA
7	Male	52	9 h 30 min	NL	PNEU
8	Male	52	4 h 40 min	NL	C-INF
9	Male	57	5 h 20 min	NL	PNEU
10	Male	61	4 h 30 min	I-II	CA
11	Male	66	6 h 25 min	I-II	THR-EMB
12	Male	67	14 h 40 min	I-II	CA
13	Male	70	2 h 00 min	I-II	CA
14	Female	75	6 h 10 min	I-II + CRIB	C-INF
15	Male	76	6 h 30 min	I-II	PNEU
16	Male	77	6 h 55 min	I-II + CRIB	C-INF
17	Female	79	6 h 25 min	I-II + CRIB	INT-INF

NL, no lesions; CRIB, status cribosus; I-II, neurofibrillary tangle pathology stages I–II of Braak and Braak; CA, carcinoma; PNEU, pneumonia; C-INF, cardiac infarction; THR-EMB, pulmonary thrombosis-embolism; MYO, myocardiopathy; INT-INF, intestinal infarction