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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2014 May 29;77(2):167–176. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.05.010

Table 1.

Characteristics of the subject groups for each measure of GAD65

Characteristic Quantitative PCR Immunofluorescence
Comparison Schizophrenia Schizoaffective Comparison Schizoaffective
Number 62 39 23 21 21
Sex 47 M, 15 F 33 M, 6 F 14 M, 9 F 12 M, 9 F 12 M, 9 F
Race 52 W, 10 B 29 W, 10 B 17 W, 6 B 16 W, 5 B 15 W, 6 B
Age (years) 48.7 ± 13.8 48.8 ± 12.9 45.7 ± 12.5 48.8 ± 14.4 45.9 ± 12.9
PMI (hours) 18.8 ± 5.5 18.7 ± 8.1 20.2 ± 9.4 18.8 ± 6.0 18.3 ± 7.3
Brain pH 6.7 ± 0.2 6.6 ± 0.3 6.6 ± 0.3 6.7 ± 0.2 6.6 ± 0.3
RIN 8.2 ± 0.6 8.0 ± 0.6 8.1 ± 0.7 8.2 ± 0.7 8.2 ± 0.7
Storage time (months) 124.9 ± 55.3 121.7± 60.0 120.1± 60.6 114.7 ± 54.3 122.8 ± 60.3

PMI, postmortem interval; RIN, RNA integrity number. Values are mean ± SD.