Demographic data for liver tissue samples
| Prenatal with RNA | Pediatric without RNA | Pediatric with RNA | Adult without RNA | Adult with RNA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tissue source | |||||
| Seattle | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UMB | 10 | 48 | 20 | 8 | 2 |
| LTCDS (Minnesota) | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| LTCDS (Pittsburgh) | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| Xenotech | 0 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Vitron | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total n = 201 | 24 | 62 | 79 | 10 | 26 |
| RNA quality | |||||
| RNA RQI (range) | 8.8–10 | 0–6.4 | 6.5–9.8 | 0–4.4 | 7.4–9.9 |
| Postmortem interval | |||||
| Range (hours) | 1–3 | 3–24 | 0.4–25 | 2–16 | 4–6 |
| Median (hours) (not perfused; perfused) | 2 (2, N/A) | 10 (9, 19) | 11 (6, 14) | 6 (5, 10) | 5 (5, N/A) |
| Total n = 118 (perfused) | 9 (0) | 59 (8) | 39 (13) | 9 (1) | 2 (0) |
| Demographics | |||||
| Age (range) | 78–147 (PCA, days) | .01–17.5 years | 0–17 years | 18–47 years | 23–79 years |
| Caucasian | 4 | 32 | 37 | 7 | 12 |
| African American | 6 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| Hispanic | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Othera | 14 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Gender (male/female)b | 9/10 | 40/21 | 49/29 | 8/2 | 13/13 |
LTCDS, Liver Tissue Cell Distribution System; N/A, not applicable; PCA, post-conceptual age; RQI, RNA quality index; the Brain and Tissue Bank for Developmental Disorders at the University of Maryland.
↵a Other includes Pacific islander, Native American, and those for which ethnicity is unknown.
↵b Gender was unknown for five prenatal and two pediatric samples (one with and one without RNA).