Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Brain Samples from Control and Alcohol Use Disorders (AUD) Subjects

Subjects		Control	AUD
n		25	25
Age		58 ± 1.7	58 ± 1.8
Sex		5F 20M	5F 20M
PMI (h)		33 ± 2.7	39 ± 3.3
pH		6.6 ± 0.06	6.6 ± 0.05
RIN		5.9 ± 0.3	6.2 ± 0.3
BMI		30 ± 1.2	26 ± 1.2*
Total Drinking Years		33 ± 3.3	35 ± 1.8
EtOH daily use (g)		15 ± 3.7	205 ± 32.8*
Drinks per weeks		9.1 ± 2.6	105 ± 20.1*
Pack of cigarettes per year		25.5 ± 7	37.9 ± 4.8
Cause of death	R	2	3
	T	1	5
	C	19	12
	H	0	1
	V	1	0
	U	0	1
	I	0	2
	Cv	1	1
	Cc	1	0

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; C, cardiac; Cc, cancer; Cv, cardiovascular; F,female; H, hepatic; I, infection; M, male; PMI, postmortem interval (hours); R, respiratory; RIN, RNA integrity number; T, toxicity; U, unknown; V, vascular.

Indicated values are mean ± SEM. *P < .05, Student’s t test.