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Table 1 Features of NAWM tissue from MS patients and controls

	Sample reference	Gender	Age	Structure	Postmortem delay (hours)
Controls	3204	M	80	NAWM, frontal	11
	3529	M	58	NAWM, frontal	9
	3531	M	74	NAWM, frontal	13.6
	3540	M	68	NAWM, frontal	10.5
	3543	F	73	NAWM, frontal	12
MS patients	2946	M	59	Adjacent NAWM, parietal	15
	3010	F	50	Adjacent NAWM, parietal	15
	3161	F	51	Adjacent NAWM, parietal	19.5
	3163	F	57	Adjacent NAWM, frontal	19.8
	3185	M	50	Adjacent NAWM, cerebellum	13.8
	3816	F	47	Adjacent NAWM, frontal	20.7
	3867	M	75	Adjacent NAWM, parietal	12.9
	4107	F	52	Adjacent NAWM, frontal	20.6

F female, M male, MS multiple sclerosis, NAWM normal appearing white matter; sample reference, numbers given by Human Brain and Spinal Fluid Resource Center in Los Angeles

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