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Table 1 Demographic data for human brain tissue samples

From: Is metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 upregulated in prefrontal cortex in fragile X syndrome?

Casea

Diagnosis

CGG repeats

Age (years)

Postmortem interval (hours)

Cause of death

Central nervous system drug useb

UMB-1421

Fragile X

563d, 297e

69

17

Cancer

NA

UMB-1938

Fragile X

NA

62

26

Hypertensive cardiovascular disease

NA

UMB-4751

Fragile X carrier

88

21

5

Pulmonary edema or pneumonia

Antiepileptics

UMB-4806

Fragile X

NA

9

22

Cardiac arrest

Clonidine

UMB-5006

Fragile X carrier

150

85

5

Complication of disorder

NA

UMB-5319

Fragile X

NA

71

17

Complication of disorder

NA

UMB-4664

Fragile X carrier

100

71

3

Complication of disorder

NA

UMB-5212

Fragile X carrier (FXTAS)

NA

80

12

Complication of disorder

NA

1031-08-GP

Fragile X

436

57

20

Food choking

Antipsychotics

JS-03

Fragile X

NA

25

16

NA

NA

1005-06-CB/XX

Fragile X

NA

55

-

NA

NA

1018-10-RH

Fragile X

NA

60

55

NA

NA

1031-09-LZ

Fragile X

429d, 340 – 440e

64

12

Cancer

None

1033-08-WS

Fragile X

> 339d

78

18

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or cardiac block

Antiepileptics

UMB-1442

Healthy

NA

22

7

Multiple injuries

NA

UMB-5082

Healthy

NA

68

19

Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease

None

UMB-5123

Healthy

NA

61

24

Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease

NA

UMB-1103

Healthy

NA

21

7

Accident, multiple injuries

NA

UMB-1674

Healthy

NA

8

36

Hyperthermia and drowning

NA

UMB-5182

Healthy

NA

86

23

Hypertensive cardiovascular disease

NA

UMB-1104

Healthy

NA

35

12

Accident, multiple injuries

Alcohol

UMB-4593

Healthy

NA

33

8

Cardiac arrhythmia

NA

UMB-4598

Healthy

NA

45

6

Dilated cardiomyopathy

NA

UMB-4735

Healthy

NA

73

21

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

NA

UMB-5171

Healthy

NA

79

5

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or peripheral vascular disease

None

UMB-1039

Healthy

NA

49

9

Accident, multiple injuries

NA

UMB-1227

Healthy

NA

52

16

Pulmonary embolism

NA

UMB-1228

Healthy

NA

47

13

Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease

NA

UMB-1570

Healthy

NA

48

14

Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease

NA

UMB-1907

Healthy

NA

54

17

Accident, multiple injuries

NA

UMB-4915

Healthy

NA

49

5

Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease

NA

Number of subjects ( n )

Diagnosis

Age (years) c

Postmortem interval (hours) c

  

Mean

Range

Mean

Range

14

Fragile X (n = 10) or carrier (n = 4)

58

9 to 85

17

3 to 55

17

Healthy

49

8 to 86

14

5 to 36

  1. FXTAS, fragile X-associated tremor ataxia syndrome; NA, not available; aall brain tissues were from white male subjects and from prefrontal cortex except for case 1033-08-WS, which was from frontal cortex; bat time of death; cno significant difference was found in age (t = 1.11, df = 29, P = 0.276) or postmortem interval (t = 0.83, df = 28, P = 0.411) between FXS patients or carriers and healthy controls; dhypermethylated repeats; eunmethylated repeats.