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

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

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)

  1. Al, aluminium; MB, method blank; SD, standard deviation; *Excluded from mean.