Table 1 Demographic patient data.

Nb	Age (years)	Sex	Aetiology	Time since injury (months)	Stage of disease	Clinical assessment	CRS-R Total score	Follow-up diagnosis	Time between recording and follow-up (months)
1	74	F	TBI	1	sub-acute	UWS	3	death	24
2	19	M	SSPE	24	chronic	UWS	3	—	—
3	65	F	anoxia	4	sub-acute	UWS	4	UWS	18
4	52	M	TBI	13	chronic	UWS	4	MCS	14
5	58	F	CVA	28	chronic	UWS	4	death	—
6	50	F	CVA	45	chronic	UWS	4	—	—
7	62	M	CVA	1	chronic	UWS	4	death	1
8	61	M	anoxia	32	chronic	UWS	4	death	—
9	46	M	anoxia	108	chronic	UWS	5	death	73
10	54	M	anoxia	9	chronic	UWS	5	death	10
11	37	M	anoxia	9	chronic	UWS	5	death	—
12	21	M	TBI	7	sub-acute	UWS	6	UWS	150
13	16	M	TBI	21	chronic	UWS	6	—	—
14	61	F	CVA	1	sub-acute	UWS	6	SD-	12
15	39	F	TBI	152	chronic	UWS	7	death	—
16	16	F	TBI	1	sub-acute	UWS	7	SD-	12
17	50	M	TBI	147	chronic	UWS	8	death	—
18	32	M	TBI	6	sub-acute	UWS	8	UWS	60
1	36	M	TBI	6	sub-acute	MCS	6	UWS	12
2	45	M	TBI	12	sub-acute	MCS	8	eMCS	24
3	62	M	TBI	2	sub-acute	MCS	8	—	—
4	34	M	anoxia	240	chronic	MCS	8	—	—
5	66	M	CVA	3	sub-acute	MCS	10	—	—
6	61	M	anoxia	2	sub-acute	MCS	10	—	—
7	48	M	TBI	8	sub-acute	MCS	11	death	—
8	31	F	CVA	1.5	sub-acute	MCS	11	—	—
9	57	M	anoxia	135	chronic	MCS	12	MCS	61
10	56	F	anoxia	85	chronic	MCS	12	MCS	67
11	21	M	anoxia	28	chronic	MCS	13	MCS	20
12	30	M	TBI	120	chronic	MCS	13	MCS	67
13	20	M	TBI	36	chronic	MCS	13	SD-	48
14	50	F	TBI	113	chronic	MCS	14	—	—
15	73	M	CVA	8	chronic	MCS	17	MCS	21
16	48	M	CVA	1.5	sub-acute	MCS	18	—	—
17	43	F	TBI	6	sub-acute	MCS	21	—	—

The analyzed patient sample consisted of 18 UWS and 17 MCS subjects. Abbreviations: Sex: M = male, F = female; Aetiology: TBI = Traumatic Brain Injury, CVA-Cerebrovascular Accident, SSPE = Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis; Clinical assessment and follow-up diagnosis: UWS = Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome, SD- = lower severe disability (3 points on Extended Glasgow Outcome Scale), MCS = Minimally Conscious State, eMCS = emergence from MCS; CRC-R = Coma Recovery Scale-Revised.

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