Table 1

Patients' demographics and usage in microarray experiments
Case ID time	Sex	Age, years	Aorta sample	Human 1.2 array I	Human Cardiovascular array	Affymetrix HG-133A	Real-PCR

p1	m	56	Stanford A	used	used	used	used
p2	m	41	Stanford A	used	used	used	used
p3	m	40	Stanford A	used	used	used	used
p4	f	52	Stanford A	used	used	no	no
p5	f	63	Stanford A	used	used	no	used
p6	m	41	Stanford A	used	used	no	used
p7	m	54	Stanford A	used	used	no	used
p8	m	52	Stanford A	used	used	used	used
p9	f	58	Stanford A	no	no	no	used
p10	m	60	Stanford A	no	no	no	used
c1	m	65	Control	used	used	used	used
c2	f	45	Control	used	used	used	used
c3	m	40	Control	used	used	used	used
c4	f	44	Control	used	used	used	used
c5	m	23	Control	used	used	no	used
c6	f	42	Control	used	used	no	used
c7	m	42	Control	used	used	no	used
c8	f	54	Control	used	used	no	no

Weis-Müller et al. Journal of Translational Medicine 2006 4:29 doi:10.1186/1479-5876-4-29