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Table 1 Individual demographic information for the brain donors of samples used in this study and postmortem interval of samples

From: Atypical miRNA expression in temporal cortex associated with dysregulation of immune, cell cycle, and other pathways in autism spectrum disorders

Primary diagnosis

Case number

Sex

Age (years)

Diagnostic measure

PMI (hours)

Primary cause of death

ASD

B-7002

F

5

ADI-R

33.0

Drowning

ASD

B-5342

F

11

ADI-R

12.9

Drowning

ASD

B-7575

M

15

Suspected ASD

30.8

Head trauma

ASD

B-6640

F

29

ADI-R

17.8

Seizure/stroke

ASD

B-7762

M

30

Suspected ASD

22.9

Epilepsy

ASD

B-5173

M

30

ADI-R

20.3

Gastrointestinal bleeding/seizure

ASD

B-6401a

M

39

ADI-R

14.0

Cardiac tamponade

ASD

B-7085

F

49

Suspected ASD

21.1

Cancer

ASD

B-7376b

F

52

ADI-R

39.2

Unknown

ASD

B-7886

M

50

ADI-R

22.7

Aspiration/seizure

ASD mean

n = 10

 

31.0 ± 5.3

 

23.5 ± 2.7

 

CTRL

B-6736

F

4

-

17.0

Acute bronchopneumonia

CTRL

B-7387

M

17

-

30.8

Asphyxia/hanging

CTRL

B-7738

M

24

-

35.5

Unknown

CTRL

B-7369

M

36

-

26.0

Possible pulmonary embolism/MI

CTRL

B-7835

F

39

-

25.3

Asphyxia/pneumonia

CTRL

B-7333

M

40

-

25.3

Hepatic encephalopathy

CTRL

B-8018

M

54

-

19.9

Unknown

CTRL

B-8155

M

58

-

20.5

Unknown

CTRL mean

n = 8

 

34.0 ± 6.5

 

25.0 ± 2.1

 
  1. Demographics of each brain donor. The average ± the standard error of the mean is provided for ASD and CTRL. There were no significant differences in sex, age, or PMI between ASD and CTRL groups
  2. ASD autism spectrum disorders, CTRL typically developing control, PMI postmortem interval
  3. aSTG excluded
  4. bPAC excluded