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Table 1 Summary of clinical variables of brain donors used

From: Isolation of primary microglia from the human post-mortem brain: effects of ante- and post-mortem variables

Diagnosis

Number

Gender (F/M)

Age ± SD

PMD ± SD (hours)

CSF pH ± SD

Total time until processing ± SD

Control

43

1.69

80.91 ± 12.09

6.01 ± 1.31

6.52 ± 0.40

20.01 ± 8.88

AD

17

1.83

80.29 ± 9.92

5.29 ± 0.87

6.35 ± 0.19

19.71 ± 10.75

FTD

6

2

71.50 ± 7.09

5.53 ± 1.62

6.35 ± 0.20

28.44 ± 21.31

MS

32

1.13

65.31 ± 12.15

9.21 ± 1.68

6.46 ± 0.24

20.61 ± 10.01

PD

23

0.53

76.96 ± 10.12

5.77 ± 1.27

6.52 ± 0.24

22.48 ± 8.90

Other

14

0.78

70.25 ± 12.28

6.92 ± 2.77

6.49 ± 0.23

20.33 ± 5.22

All

135

1.17

74.87 ± 12.88

6.71 ± 2.13

6.47 ± 0.30

20.80 ± 10.47

  1. AD Alzheimer’s disease, FTD fronto-temporal dementia, MS multiple sclerosis, PD Parkinson’s disease, OD other diagnoses (major depression, bipolar disease, neuromyelitis optica, progressive supranuclear palsy), F female, M male, SD standard deviation