Table 1.
Demographic characteristic of the subjects
| Control subjects |
Major depressive subjects |
Age of onset (yr) |
Duration of MDD (yr) |
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| Pair | Sex/race/ age (yr) |
PMI (h) |
pH | Cause of death | Sex/race/ age (yr) |
PMI (h) |
pH | Cause of death | Episodes S/M |
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| 1 | F/W/23 | 11 | 6.8 | MVA | F/W/25 | 17 | 6.5 | Hanging | M | 18 | 7 |
| 2 | F/W/38 | 11 | 6.5 | HCD | F/W/38 | 12 | 6.4 | Drug overdose | M | 25 | 13 |
| 3 | F/W/44 | 32 | 6.7 | Heart | F/W/36 | 25 | 6.8 | Chronic asthmatic bronchitis |
S | 20 | 16 |
| 4 | F/W/46 | 24 | 6.3 | Homicide | F/W/38 | 24 | 6.5 | Drug overdose | M | 30 | 8 |
| 5 | F/B/49 | 20 | 6.8 | Cardiac arrhythmia |
F/W/44 | 24 | 6.7 | SIGSW | M | 32 | 12 |
| 6 | F/W/49 | 29 | 6.6 | Heart | F/W/48 | 24 | 6.1 | CO poisoning | M | 34 | 14 |
| 7 | F/B/45 | 9 | 6.9 | Heart | F/W/50 | 23 | 6.8 | Hanging | M | 25 | 25 |
| 8 | F/W/50 | 27 | 6.7 | Heart | F/W/50 | 28 | 6.5 | ACD | M | 30 | 20 |
| 9 | F/B/58 | 12 | 6.2 | HCD | F/W/63 | 18 | 6.3 | Heart | M | 20 | 43 |
| 10 | F/W/65 | 26 | 6.2 | MVA | F/W/73 | 17 | 6.6 | Aortic aneurysm | M | 72 | 1 |
| 11 | F/W/78 | 11 | 6.4 | Heart disease | F/W/72 | 19 | 6.6 | Drowning | S | 33 | 39 |
| 12 | F/B/80 | 21 | 6.8 | HCD | F/W/78 | 25 | 6.9 | Fall from height | M | 45 | 33 |
| 13 | F/W/83 | 25 | 6.7 | Heart | F/W/87 | 24 | 6.6 | Aortic aneurysm | M | 46 | 41 |
| 14 | M/W/27 | 17 | 6.9 | Homicide | M/B/30 | 18 | 6.9 | SIGSW chest | M | 27 | 3 |
| 15 | M/B/27 | 11 | 6.8 | Asthma | M/W/36 | 11 | 6.9 | Undetermined | M | 35 | 1 |
| 16 | M/W/44 | 6 | 6.7 | Aortic aneurysm | M/W/45 | 8 | 6.7 | Multiple knifing | S | 43 | 2 |
| 17 | M/W/47 | 25 | 6.1 | Pulmonary embolism |
M/B/46 | 17 | 6.3 | Homicide | S | 45 | 1 |
| 18 | M/W/47 | 17 | 6.9 | Heart | M/W/47 | 11 | 6.8 | SIGSW head | M | 20 | 27 |
| 19 | M/W/50 | 26 | 6.9 | MCI | M/W/42 | 44 | 6.7 | Hanging | M | 42 | 1 |
| 20 | M/B/53 | 23 | 6.8 | Electrocution | M/W/54 | 23 | 6.2 | CO poisoning | M | 51 | 3 |
| 21 | M/W/58 | 21 | 6.8 | Heart disease | M/W/53 | 29 | 6.7 | SIGSW head | M | 28 | 25 |
| 22 | M/W/59 | 6 | 6.8 | Heart | M/W/62 | 5 | 6.7 | Hanging | M | 43 | 19 |
| 23 | M/W/71 | 24 | 6.8 | Cardiac rupture | M/W/74 | 24 | 6.9 | Hanging | M | 72 | 2 |
| 24 | M/W/73 | 22 | 6.7 | Heart | M/W/74 | 25 | 6.7 | SIGSW head | M | 50 | 24 |
| 25 | M/W/82 | 16 | 6.7 | Aneurysm | M/W/82 | 12 | 6.5 | CO poisoning | M | 73 | 9 |
F, Female; M, male; W, white; B, black; PMI, post-mortem interval in hours; Episodes – S, single; M, multiple; HCD, hypertensive cardiac disease; MVA, motor vehicle accident; ACD, Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; MCI, myocardial infarction; SIGSW, single gunshot wound.