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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 26.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2014 Jun 27;17(12):1923–1933. doi: 10.1017/S1461145714000844

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of subjects

Group (n) Age
(years)
(Mean ±
SEM)		 PMI (hours)
(Mean ±
SEM)		 Brain pH
(Mean ±
SEM)		 Sex
(M:F)		 Suicide
(n)		 DSM Axis I
Diagnosis		 Blood and Brain
Toxicology		 GAS
(Mean ±
SEM)		 N.
Episodes
of MDE
(Mean ±
SEM)		 Age of
First MDE
(Mean ±
SEM)		 Medication Prescribed
During the last 3 Months
of Life		 Smoking
Tobacco
C
(n=18) 		46 ± 4.1 14.7 ± 1.2 6.42 ± 0.08 11:7 0 None (18) None (9)
Anesthetics (4)
Carbon Monoxide (1)		 84.3 ± 2.51 - - None (18) Yes (7)
No (10)
MD
(n=17) 		51 ± 4.6 14.7 ± 1.8 6.08 ± 0.07 11:6 13 Primary:
MDD (16)
BPD (1)

Comorbidity:
OCD (1)
GD (1)
AA (1)		 None (14)
Analgesic (1)		 54.4 ± 5.88 1.66 ± 0.32 44.6 ± 5.09 None (16)
Nitroglycerine (1)
Atenolol (1)
Albuterol (1)		 Yes (6)
No (8)
MD*ADT
(n=10) 		34 ± 2.6 15.8 ± 2.2 6.39 ± 0.12 3:7 8 Primary:
MDD (7)
BPD (3)

Comorbidity:
CA (1)
BA (2)		 Anesthetics (1)
Antidepressants
(Bupropion
Fluoxetine
Nortriptyline
Paroxetine
Sertraline) (10)
Lithium (2)
Opioids (1)
Solvents (1)		 35.3 ± 7.24 3 ± 0.96 25.3 ± 2.69 Amitriptyline (1)
Benztropine Mesylate (1)
Bupropion (1)
Fluoxetine (3)
Fluphenazine (1)
Lithium (2)
Nortriptyline (2)
Paroxetine (1)
Sertraline (2)
Trazodone (3)
Valproic Acid (1)		 Yes (3)
No (7)
MD*ADT*BZD
(n=7) 		57 ± 6.8 16.9 ± 4.3 6.57 ± 0.18 4:3 4 Primary:
MDD (4)
BPD (3)		 Analgesic (2)
Antidepressants (7)
Antipsychotics (1)
Barbiturates (2)
BZD (7)
Fluoxetine (1)
Mianserin (1)
Opioids (2)
Sertraline (2)		 11.2 ± 7.14 1 68.7 ± 7.66 Sertraline (1)
Clomipramine (1)		 Yes (1)
No (3)

AA = Alcohol Abuse; BA = Bulimia/ Anorexia; BPD = Bipolar Disorder; BZD = Benzodiazepines; C = controls without psychopathology or treatment; CA = Cannabis Abuse; GAS = Global Assessment Scale; GD = Gambling Disorder; MDD = Major Depressive Disorder; MD = Untreated subjects with mood disorder; MD*ADT = Subjects with mood disorder treated with antidepressant only; MD*ADT*BZD = Subjects with mood disorder treated with antidepressants and benzodiazepines; OCD = Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; SEM = standard error of the mean.