Table 2.
Technical variables for human postmortem brains used in QTL and gene network analyses.
Variable | N (%) or mean (SD) |
---|---|
Age, years | 50.8 (14.9) |
Range | 16–96 |
Sex | |
Male | 167 (79) |
Female | 44 (21) |
Race | |
Caucasian | 180 (85) |
African-American | 31 (15) |
PMI | 17.2 (5.9) |
Range | 4.8–37.5 |
pH | 6.7 (0.3) |
Range | 5.8–7.6 |
RIN | 8.0 (0.73) |
Range | 5.9–9.6 |
PMI, postmortem interval; RIN, RNA integrity number.