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Table 1 The characteristics of both FRDA and control cases used within this study

From: Purkinje cell injury, structural plasticity and fusion in patients with Friedreich’s ataxia

Case

Pathological diagnosis

Sex (M/F)

Age (years)

Cause of death

1

FRDA

F

33

Heart Failure

2

FRDA

M

46

Pneumonia

3

FRDA

M

50

Pneumonia

4

FRDA/FRDA variant

F

66

Pneumonia

5

FRDA

F

42

Pneumonia

6

FRDA

M

51

Pulmonary Embolism

7

FRDA

M

47

Not known

8

FRDA

F

n/a

Not known

mean

  

47.9

 

SE

  

4.5

 

1

Control

M

82

Not known

2

Control

M

88

Prostate cancer, bone metastases

3

Control

M

68

Heart failure, fibrosing alveolitis, coronary artery artheroma

4

Control

M

84

Bladder cancer, pneumonia

5

Control

M

82

Myelodysplastic syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis

mean

  

80.8

 

SE

  

3.4