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Table 1 Brain tissue information for ASD patients and controls

From: Differential methylation at the RELN gene promoter in temporal cortex from autistic and typically developing post-puberal subjects

Pair no. Case no.a BA Diagnosis Age (years)b Sex PMI (h)c Cause of death Intellectual disability Epilepsy Other features Drug therapies at time of deathd
1 AN11989 (B6677) 41/42 Autism 20 M 16 Cardiac arrest Yes Yes Heart medication, Zoloft, clomipramine
2 AN08792 (B5173) 41/42 Autism 30 M 20 Gastrointestinal hemorrhage Yes Yes Large ear lobes Dilantin, Depakote, Tranxene bid, cisapride, clorazepate, folic acid, oxcarbazepine
3 AN00764 (B5144) 22 Autism 20 M 23.7 Trauma Yes No None
4 AN17138 (B6294) 41/42 Autism 16 M Unknown Seizure Unknown Yes Inherited 15q duplication Topamax, Depakote, Allegra, Claritin, NuThera multivitamin
5 AN09730 (B6337) 22 Autism 22 M 25 Seizure Yes Yes Intestinal lymphadenopathy, hypertrophic spleen, recurrent otitis Lamictal, Zonegran, Neurontin, Abilify, flax seed oil, omega-3, multivitamin
6 AN01570 (B6184) 41/42 Autism 18 F 6.75 Seizure Unknown Yes Focal slowing in the left parieto-occipital area None
1 AN10833 (B5718) 41/42 Control 22 M 21.5 Unknown No No None
2 B4211 41/42 Control 30 M 23 Cardiac arrhythmia No No None
3 AN04432 (B3829) 22 Control 22 M 12 Central hepatic laceration No No None
4 AN17425 (B6207) 22 Control 16 M 26 Ischemic heart attack No No None
5 AN14368 (B6221) 41/42 Control 22 M 24 Unknown No No None
6 UMB1541 22 Control 20 F 19 Head injuries No No None
  1. BA Brodmann area, PMI post-mortem interval
  2. aAutism Tissue Program identifier
  3. bMean age (±SD) for the autism group = 21.0±2.9, for controls = 22.0±1.8; t = −0.368, df = 10, p = 0.721
  4. cMean PMI (±SD) for the autism group = 18.2+3.2, for controls = 20.9±2.0, t = −0.707, df = 9, p = 0.497
  5. dPharmacological therapy from the last available report, dating back to less than a year prior to death