Elevated brain aluminium and early onset Alzheimer’s disease in an individual occupationally exposed to aluminium: a case report

Table 1 Aluminium content of 49 tissue samples taken from the frontal lobe of an individual with Alzheimer’s disease

Brain sample ID	Wet weight (g)	Dry weight (g)	Weight change (%)	Al μg/g dry weight
1	0.431	0.044	89.8	7.59
2*	0.167	0.002	98.8	33.11
3	0.263	0.017	93.5	2.06
4	0.243	0.022	90.9	1.35
5	0.260	0.019	92.7	4.62
6	0.234	0.014	94.0	<MB
7	0.192	0.026	86.5	2.54
8	0.165	0.016	90.4	<MB
9	0.153	0.020	87.0	<MB
10	0.173	0.012	93.1	1.96
11	0.242	0.013	94.6	2.22
12	0.290	0.090	69.0	0.92
13	0.229	0.026	88.6	2.26
14*	0.208	0.006	97.1	54.07
15	0.384	0.030	92.2	4.41
16	0.250	0.017	93.2	2.58
17	0.362	0.027	92.5	3.42
18*	0.219	0.001	99.5	211.67
19	0.401	0.025	93.8	12.97
20	0.301	0.028	90.7	4.16
21	0.217	0.016	92.6	2.26
22	0.405	0.033	91.8	4.02
23	0.419	0.045	89.3	4.81
24	0.513	0.107	79.1	0.93
25	0.457	0.028	93.9	12.34
26	0.516	0.069	86.6	1.60
27	0.359	0.039	89.1	1.76
28	0.294	0.023	92.2	3.84
29	0.321	0.024	92.3	8.55
30	0.435	0.060	86.2	2.33
31	0.284	0.029	89.8	3.79
32	0.450	0.042	90.7	1.47
33	0.543	0.061	88.8	1.85
34	0.388	0.042	89.2	2.45
35	0.604	0.092	84.8	1.02
36	0.392	0.071	81.9	1.04
37	0.422	0.116	72.5	0.61
38	0.288	0.036	87.5	5.45
39	0.611	0.236	61.4	1.39
40	0.353	0.081	77.0	3.24
41	0.394	0.106	73.1	2.35
42	0.395	0.100	74.7	2.60
43	0.479	0.161	66.4	1.89
44	0.492	0.171	65.2	1.03
45	0.423	0.126	70.2	1.31
46	0.309	0.059	80.9	0.89
47	0.382	0.098	74.3	3.57
48	0.318	0.076	76.1	2.72
49	0.267	0.055	79.4	2.70
Mean (SD)	0.354 (0.113)	0.058 (0.048)	85.0 (9.1)	2.98 (2.73)

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