. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2008 Oct 25;33(1):70–75. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.10.005

Table 2.

Summary of demographic characteristics of subjects

Parameter	Controls (n=14)	Major Depression (n=14)
Age (years)^*	48 ± 4.3	49 ± 4.2
PMI (hours)^*	19 ± 1.7	22 ± 1.5
pH^*	6.7 ± 0.08	6.6 ± 0.08
Gender (F/M)	3/11	3/11
Medication history ^a	none	n=4 (sertraline, n=2; fluoxetine, n=1; fluoxetine, paroxetine, amitriptyline, n=1)
Comorbid diagnosis	History of alcohol dependence, n=2	Alcohol abuse/dependence, n=2
		History of alcohol abuse, n=1
		Polysubstance abuse, n=1
Smoking	Smokers, n=4	Smokers, n=4
	History of smoking, n=2	History of smoking, n=2

Treatment with antidepressants within 4 wk of time of death;

mean ± S.E.M; PMI, postmortem interval; F, female; M, male. The average ages, PMI, and pH values of depressed and control subjects were not statistically different.