Table 1.

List of demographical and clinical characteristics of included subjects. Averages ± S.E.M. are: age – Control (50.7±5.6), MDD (49.6±4.2), BPD (43.2±7.4); PMI – Control (20.0±1.3), MDD (25.5±1.4), BPD (22.7±4.4); pH – Control (6.94±0.04), MDD (7.03±0.04), BPD (6.95±0.04). Abbreviations: F - female, M - male, PMI - post-mortem interval, med.cond. - medical condition, SSRI – selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

diagnosis	subject	race	age	sex	PMI (hours)	agonal factor	brain pH	cause of death	medication
Control	2169	Caucasian	18	M	22	0	6.97	accident	No
Control	2292	Caucasian	55	M	15	0	6.89	sudden med. cond.	No
Control	2805	Caucasian	45	M	21	0	6.86	sudden med. cond.	No
Control	3228	Pacific Islander	39	M	18.15	0	6.81	sudden med. cond.	No
Control	3516	Caucasian	41	M	22.5	0	7.01	sudden med. cond.	No
Control	3519	African American	65	M	13.5	0	6.88	sudden med. cond.	No
Control	3520	Caucasian	74	F	18.5	0	7.21	sudden med. cond.	No
Control	3588	Caucasian	56	M	24.5	0	6.98	sudden med. cond.	No
Control	3706	Caucasian	63	M	24.5	0	6.88	sudden med. cond.	No
MDD	2208	Caucasian	72	F	21	0	7.13	suicide	Non-SSRI
MDD	2267	Caucasian	19	M	18	0	7.11	suicide	No
MDD	3064	Caucasian	46	M	27	0	6.91	sudden med. cond.	Non-SSRI
MDD	3169	Caucasian	35	M	24.75	0	7.04	accident	Non-SSRI
MDD	3365	Caucasian	47	M	29	0	7.25	suicide	No
MDD	3426	Caucasian	63	M	28.5	0	7.17	sudden med. cond.	No
MDD	3031	Caucasian	49	M	27	0	7.19	suicide	No
MDD	2315	Caucasian	58	M	24	0	6.93	suicide	SSRI
MDD	2944	Caucasian	52	M	16	0	6.82	sudden med. cond.	SSRI
MDD	3071	Caucasian	49	M	31	0	7	unknown	SSRI
MDD	3168	Caucasian	39	M	27.5	0	6.79	suicide	SSRI
MDD	3481	Caucasian	66	M	32	0	7.05	sudden med. cond.	SSRI
BPD	2311	Caucasian	23	M	9	0	7.12	suicide	Lithium
BPD	2466	Caucasian	26	M	19	0	6.92	suicide	Lithium
BPD	3085	Caucasian	63	M	40	0	6.87	accident	No
BPD	3241	Caucasian	59	M	15.5	0	6.99	sudden med. cond.	Lithium
BPD	2566	Caucasian	56	F	29	0	6.83	suicide	No
BPD	3079	Caucasian	32	M	23.75	0	6.94	suicide	SSRI