Table 1.

Characteristics of subjects.

	Controls	Schizophrenia	Bipolar disorder
Number	9	10	13
Mean death age ± SEM	51.56 ± 5.08	54.3 ± 1.81	45.77 ± 2.70
Median death age	54	53	45
Range	20–67	49–64	25–62
% Suicides	0.00%	20.00%	69.23%
% Smokers	30.00%	70.00%	80.00%
Race/ethnicity
Caucasians	77.78%	60.00%	84.61%
Hispanics	22.22%	40.00%	15.39%
Gender
Males	66.67%	70.00%	61.54%
Females	33.33%	30.00%	38.46%
Other characteristics
pH	6.48 ± 0.05	6.23 ± 0.14	6.56 ± 0.04
PMI	26.06 ± 1.11	29.98 ± 2.21	28.22 ± 1.78
BMI	27.93 ± 2.24	29.73 ± 1.23	26.34 ± 1.92