Table 2 Descriptive statistics for control brain tissues. F - frontal; T - temporal; P - parietal; O - occipital; Cb - cerebellum. Aluminium content in μg/g dry weight of tissue.

From: Aluminium in human brain tissue from donors without neurodegenerative disease: A comparison with Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis and autism

Stat/Lobe

F

T

P

O

Cb

Mean

1.03

1.02

0.95

0.77

0.51

Standard Error

0.26

0.20

0.14

0.15

0.09

Median

0.52

0.59

0.73

0.43

0.42

Mode

0.85

0.20

0.62

0.29

0.05

Standard Deviation

1.64

1.27

0.88

0.92

0.51

Sample Variance

2.71

1.62

0.77

0.84

0.26

Kurtosis

17.44

11.10

12.41

7.81

9.18

Skewness

3.96

3.13

3.01

2.71

2.56

Range

9.27

6.61

5.00

4.31

2.64

Minimum

0.01

0.04

0.09

0.11

0.04

Maximum

9.28

6.65

5.09

4.42

2.68

Sum

40.30

39.78

37.06

30.06

17.96

Count

39

39

39

39

35

Confidence Level (95.0%)

0.53

0.41

0.29

0.30

0.17

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