Table 1 Preserved tissue and clinical and postmortem records
Group and case ID | Sex | Age (y) | Intellectual deficit | Seizures age of onset | Cause of death | PMI (h) | BW (g) | Weight loss (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A1 | F | 5 | – | – | Traumatic injuries | 13 | 1390 | 52 |
A2 | M | 8 | – | – | Rhabdomysarcoma | 22 | 1570 | 45 |
A3 | F | 11 | Mild | 4.5 m | Seizure-related drowning | 13 | 1460 | 52 |
A4 | M | 13 | Severe | 2 y | Seizure-related | 8 | 1470 | 39 |
A5 | F | 21 | Moderate | 5 y | Seizure related resp. failure | 50 | 1108 | 43 |
A6 | M | 23 | Severe | 23 y | Seizure-related resp. failure | 14 | 1610 | 60 |
A7 | M | 36 | Severe | – | Cardiac arrest | 24 | 1480 | 44 |
A8 | M | 52 | – | – | Heart failure | 11 | 1324 | 53 |
A9 | M | 60 | Moderate | 3 y | Pancreatic cancer | 26 | 1210 | 38 |
Mean ± SD |  | 25.4 ± 19.8 |  |  |  | 21.2 ± 13.6 | 1402 ± 164 | 47.3 ± 7.3 |
C1 | F | 4 | – | – | Acute bronchopneumonia | 17 | 1530 | 49 |
C2 | M | 14 | – | – | Electrocution | 20 | 1464 | 44 |
C3 | F | 15 | – | – | Traumatic injuries | 9 | 1250 | 49 |
C4 | F | 20 | – | – | Traumatic injuries | 9 | 1340 | 52 |
C5 | M | 23 | – | – | Ruptured spleen | 6 | 1520 | 41 |
C6 | M | 29 | – | – | Traumatic injuries | 13 | 1514 | 49 |
C7 | M | 32 | – | – | Asphyxia | 24 | 1364 | 42 |
C8 | M | 48 | – | – | Heart atherosclerosis | 24 | 1412 | 39 |
C9 | M | 52 | – | – | Heart atherosclerosis | 13 | 1430 | 48 |
Mean ± SD |  | 26.3 ± 15.8 |  |  |  | 15 ± 6.6 | 1424 ± 94 | 45.9 ± 4.5 |