Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011 Feb 17;35(6):1041–1049. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01436.x

Table 2.

Details of subjects

Group N Age (y) PMI (h) BWT (g)
(males)		 BWT (g)
(females)
Control (11 female, 12
male)		 23 61.14 ±
2.86		 30.64 ± 5.23 1394.08 ±
30.42		 1265.64 ±
26.94
Alcoholic (10 female, 15
male)		 25 52.45 ±
2.98		 29.38 ± 3.31 1401.87 ±
30.85		 1248.27 ±
27.53
Cirrhotic (6 female, 7
male)		 13 59.54 ±
3.93		 24.24 ± 5.60 1322.86 ±
33.57		 1162.33 ±
38.47

PMI, post-mortem interval; BWT, brain weight

There was no significant difference between groups on any parameter

Age: F2,58 = 2.40, P = 0.10; PMI: F2, 58 = 0.41, P = 0.67; BWT: F2, 58 = 2.41, P = 0.10

Female: Age, F2,24 = 1.42, P = 0.26; PMI, F2,24 = 0.024, P = 0.98; BWT, F2,24 = 2.78, P = 0.08;

Male: Age, F2,31 = 1.542, P = 0.23; PMI, F2,31 = 0.10, P = 0.38; BWT, F2,31 = 1.41 , P = 0.26 Females have lower brain weight than their male counterparts in all groups (Overall, F1,59 = 33.65, P < 0.01; Controls, F1,21 = 10.43, P = 0.004; Uncomplicated Alcoholics, F1,23 = 15.64, P < 0.001; Cirrhotic Alcoholics, F1,11 = 9.98, P = 0.01)