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Table 2 Description of brain datasets for evaluating the effect of gender. Additional details can be found in “Methods

From: An epigenetic clock analysis of race/ethnicity, sex, and coronary heart disease

Data

Participants (n)

Men (%)

Age mean ± SE [min, max]

Brain region

Brain tissue samples (n)

Study 1

117

41 %

84.0 ± 9.8 [40, 105]

CRBLM

112

EC

108

PFCTX

114

STG

117

Study 2

142

68 %

48.0 ± 23.2 [16, 96]

CRBLM

112

FCTX

133

PONS

125

TCTX

127

Study 3

147

63 %

44.3 ± 9.6 [19, 68]

CRLM

147

Study 4

37

62 %

64.4 ± 17.4 [25, 96]

CRBLM

36

PFCTX

36

Study 5

209

66 %

52.3 ± 29.8 [1, 102]

CRBLM

201

FCTX

201

Study 6

718

37 %

88.5 ± 6.6 [66, 108]

DLPFC

718

  1. CRBLM cerebellum, DLPFC dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, EC entorhinal cortex, FCTX frontal cortex, PFCTX prefrontal cortex, PONS pons, STG superior temporal gyrus, TCTX temporal cortex