TABLE 1.
Demographic features of the subject groups included in the present study
| AGE | Gender | Race | PMD | pH | Storage (months) | CAUSE OF DEATH | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMP | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | F | C | 15 | 7.01 | 98 | Hypertensive cardiovascular disease | ||
| 2 | 30 | M | AA | 19 | 6.98 | 89 | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | ||
| 3 | 35 | M | C | 25 | 6.74 | 79 | Heart disease | ||
| 4 | 37 | F | C | 13 | 5.93 | 53 | Viral myocarditis | ||
| 5 | 43 | M | C | 23 | 6.49 | 71 | Pulmonary thromboembolism | ||
| 6 | 46 | F | C | 24 | 6.32 | 91 | Homicide | ||
| 7 | 46 | M | AA | 11 | 6.95 | 72 | Heart disease | ||
| 8 | 50 | F | C | 27 | 6.74 | 78 | Heart complications | ||
| 9 | 54 | M | C | 29 | 6.79 | 19 | Myocardial infarct | ||
| 10 | 60 | F | AA | 19 | 6.735 | 98 | Aortic aneurism | ||
| 11 | 67 | M | C | 24 | 6.96 | 79 | Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease | ||
| 12 | 69 | M | C | 18 | 6.7 | 114 | Heart-dissecting aortic aneurism | ||
| 13 | 70 | M | C | 20 | 6.81 | 84 | Heart problems | ||
| 14 | 71 | M | C | 24 | 6.82 | 115 | Myocardial infarct, cardiac rupture | ||
| 15 | 73 | M | AA | 24 | 6.665 | 113 | Heart disease | ||
| 16 | 75 | F | C | 32 | 6.425 | 27 | Myocardial infarct | ||
| 17 | 77 | M | C | 24 | 6.56 | 95 | Heart disease | ||
| 18 | 80 | F | C | 21 | 6.78 | 65 | coronary sclerotic heart disease | ||
| 19 | 86 | F | C | 18 | 6.805 | 51 | Coronary sclerotic heart disease | ||
| Avg | 57.7 | 8F, 11M | 4AA, 15C | 21.6 | 6.7 | 78.5 | |||
| MDD | Onset (years old) | Duration (years) | |||||||
| 1 | 30 | M | AA | 18 | 6.91 | 120 | Suicide-SIGSW to chest | 27 | 3.0 |
| 2 | 34 | F | C | 24 | 6.27 | 93 | Suicide-CO | 14 | 20.0 |
| 3 | 35 | M | C | 11 | 6.965 | 59 | Undetermined | 33 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 40 | F | C | 25 | 6.32 | 81 | Heart disease | 35 | 5.0 |
| 5 | 42 | F | C | 24 | 6.62 | 101 | Suicide-overdose | 15 | 27.0 |
| 6 | 42 | M | C | 20 | 6.64 | 98 | Suicide-drowning | 40 | 2.0 |
| 7 | 46 | M | AA | 17 | 6.26 | 104 | Homicide | 45 | 1.0 |
| 8 | 50 | F | C | 23 | 6.83 | 95 | Suicide-hanging | 45 | 5.0 |
| 9 | 54 | M | C | 23 | 6.24 | 102 | Suicide-SIGSW to head | 51 | 3.0 |
| 10 | 63 | F | C | 24 | 6.32 | 104 | Pulmonary thromboembolism | 33 | 30.0 |
| 11 | 65 | M | C | 30 | 6.245 | 42 | Suicide-SIGSW to chest | 65 | 0.1 |
| 12 | 73 | M | C | 10 | 6.57 | 108 | Suicide-hanging | 68 | 5.0 |
| 13 | 73 | F | C | 17 | 6.57 | 93 | Aortic aneurism | 22 | 51.0 |
| 14 | 74 | M | C | 25 | 6.67 | 93 | Suicide-SIGSW to head | 50 | 24.0 |
| 15 | 78 | F | C | 25 | 6.94 | 95 | Suicide-jumping | 73 | 5.0 |
| 16 | 78 | M | C | 21 | 6.675 | 62 | Coronary sclerotic heart disease | 56 | 22.0 |
| 17 | 78 | M | A | 21 | 6.74 | 71 | Suicide hanging | 78 | 0.5 |
| 18 | 87 | F | C | 21 | 6.56 | 101 | Aortic aneurism/heart disease | 69 | 11.0 |
| Avg | 57.9 | 8F, 10M | 1A, 2AA, 15C | 21.1 | 6.6 | 90.0 | 45.5 | 12.0 |
Abbreviations: A=East Asian, AA= African American; Avg= Averages; C= Caucasian; COMP= non-psychiatric comparison subjects; F= Female; M= Male; MDD= subjects with major depressive disorder; PMD= Postmortem delay (time between death and freezing of brain samples); SIGSW= self-inflicted gunshot wound.