Table 2. Demographic and sample parameters of successful culture in scalp (n = 146).

	OR	95% CI	p-value
Age (yrs)	0.99	0.967–1.01	0.270
Brain pH	3.2	0.634–16.9	0.160
Race (AA vs. W)	1.42	0.66–3.08	0.330
PMI (hrs)	0.97	0.95–0.99	0.019*
BMI	0.96	0.93–0.998	0.047*
Sex (F vs. M)	1.6	0.807–3.07	0.190
Smoker (No vs. Yes)	0.86	0.448–1.66	0.660
Substance-Related Death (No vs. Yes)	0.83	0.415–1.68	0.610
Cardiac-Related Death (No vs. Yes)	1.3	0.648–2.44	0.500
Tissue Source (VA vs. DC)	2.4	1.2–4.76	0.014*
Attended Deaths (Attended vs. Unattended)	2.51	1.28–5.01	0.008*
Positive Ethanol Tox (Negative vs. positive)	0.83	0.353–1.96	0.670

OR = odds ratio, AA = African-American, W = White, PMI = postmortem interval, BMI = body mass index, F = female, M = male, VA = Virginia, DC = District of Columbia; Tox = toxicology testing in blood or vitreous humor; * = p<0.05.