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Table 2 Alzheimer’s disease cases and age matched control brain samples

From: The systemic iron-regulatory proteins hepcidin and ferroportin are reduced in the brain in Alzheimer’s disease

Case number

Category

Age

Gender

PM delay

Cause of death

1

AD

83

Male

22.0

Bronchopneumonia

2

AD

80

Female

15.0

Cardiac failure

3

AD

74

Female

37.15

Gradual deterioration

4

AD

60

Male

12.9

Bronchopneumonia

5

AD

68

Male

17.5

AD, gradual decline

6

AD

81

Female

16.3

Aspiration pneumonia

7

Control

84

Female

31.45

Cancer, Heart failure

8

Control

81

Male

40.00

Chronic obstructive airway disease

9

Control

85

Male

43.35

Ca oesophagus

10

Control

73

Female

28.00

Ca bronchus

11

Control

83

Female

20.0

Bowel resection with complication

12

Control

88

Female

49.25

Chronic obstructive airway disease

  1. AD = Alzheimer disease.
  2. PM = post mortem.
  3. Ca = carcinoma.