Table 1.

Demographic characteristic of human subjects

Pair	Control Subjects				MDD subjects
	Sex/Race/Age (Yr)	PMI	pH	Cause of death	Age/Race/Age (Yr)	PMI	pH	Cause of death	Age of onset	Suicide	Episodes single/multiple
Females
1	F/B/51	22	6.3	Heart	F/W/56	17	6.7	Atherosclerotic aneurism	37	No	M
2	F/W/83	25	6.7	Heart	F/W/87	24	6.6	Aortic aneurism	46	No	M
3	F/W/49	29	6.6	Heart disease	F/W/48	24	6.1	CO poisoning	34	Suicide	M
4	F/B/80	21	6.8	HCD	F/W/72	19	6.6	Drowning	33	Suicide	S
5	F/W/46	24	6.3	Homicide	F/W/50	28	6.5	Heart disease	30	No	M
6	F/W/67	16	6.4	Heart	F/W/67	24	5.6	Acute bronchopneumonia/diabetic mellitus	40	No	S
Males
7	M/B/53	23	6.8	Electrocution	M/W/65	30	6.3	SIGSW to chest	65	Suicide	S
8	M/W/78	22	6.8	Severe ACD w/MI and cardiomegaly.	M/W/82	12	6.5	CO	73	Suicide	M
9	M/W/74	21	6.6	Abdominal aortic aneurysm	M/W/64	26	6.9	SIGSW head	63	No	S
10	M/H/43	22	6.6	Crushing impacts to head, trunk and extremities	M/W/47	11	6.8	SIGSW head	20	Suicide	M
11	M/W/37	17	6.5	acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis due to choledocholithiasis	M/W/36	11	6.9	Undetermined	35	No	M
12	M/W/77	24	6.6	Heart	M/W/81	33	6.8	Drowning	81	Suicide	S

MDD, Major depressive disorder; F, female; M, male; W, white; B, black; H, Hispanic; PMI, post-mortem interval in hours; Episodes (S, single; M, multiple); HCD, hypertensive cardiac disease; ACD, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; CO, carbon monoxide; MI, Myocardial Infarctions; SIGSW, self-inflicted gunshot wound.