Table 2.
Demographic data on the brains from the Stanley Foundation
| Age at death | Sex | Education, years | Age of onset | No. of suicides | Suddenness of death | PMI, hr | Time in fixative, mo | Hemisphere | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control (n = 11) | 49.1 ± 3.4 | 4F, 7M | 15.0 ± 0.5 | — | 0 | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 23.1 ± 2.9 | 16.7 ± 2.4 | 5 R, 6 L |
| MDD (n = 9) | 47.3 ± 3.0 | 4F, 5M | 14.4 ± 0.5 | 30.2 ± 4.7 | 4 | 1.4 ± 0.2 | 24.7 ± 3.0 | 21.4 ± 3.1 | 4 R, 5 L |
| fMDD (n = 6) | 42.8 ± 3.7 | 3F, 3M | 14.2 ± 0.7 | 27.5 ± 4.3 | 3 | 1.4 ± 0.2 | 25.0 ± 5.3 | 19.0 ± 4.2 | 4 R, 2 L |
| oMDD (n = 3) | 56.3 ± 3.8 | 1F, 2M | 15.0 ± 0.6 | 35.7 ± 12.4 | 1 | 1.3 ± 0.3 | 33.0 ± 4.9 | 26.3 ± 3.4 | 3 L |
| BD (n = 14) | 44.9 ± 3.2 | 5F, 9M | 13.3 ± 0.7 | 22.9 ± 2.6 | 6 | 1.8 ± 0.2 | 30.6 ± 4.0 | 26.6 ± 1.2* | 7 R, 7 L |
| fBD (n = 4) | 49.0 ± 7.0 | 3F, 1M | 12.3 ± 1.7 | 19 ± 3.8 | 3 | 2.0 ± 0.4* | 40.0 ± 7.9 | 26.0 ± 2.2 | 2 R, 2 L |
| oBD (n = 10) | 43.2 ± 3.4 | 2F, 8M | 13.8 ± 0.6 | 24.9 ± 3.3 | 3 | 1.8 ± 0.3 | 26.8 ± 4.0 | 26.9 ± 1.5* | 5 R, 5 L |
| Schizophrenia (n = 11) | 39.7 ± 3.9 | 3F, 7M | 12.8 ± 0.7 | 21.8 ± 2.2 | 4 | 1.8 ± 0.2 | 34.1 ± 5.4 | 27.6 ± 2.0* | 5 R, 6 L |
Abbreviations as in Table 1; R, right; L, left. Suddenness of death was recorded on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 was instantaneous and 5 was very slow with possible hypoxia.
*
P < 0.05.