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. 2016 Aug 11;20(1):50–57. doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyw071

Table 1:

Subject Information

Age (years) Sex M/F Tissue pH PMI (hours) Cause of death Clinical information
ETOH AD p
Controls (n=22) 41.64±4.35 22/0 6.58±0.04 21.53±2.76 10 natural deatha, 7 road accident, 5 other accident 1 -
Cases (n=22) 39.73±2.45 22/0 6.71±0.04 17.50±3.93 18 hanging, 4 intoxication 4 11b

aNatural death includes 2 myocardial infarctions, 3 acute myocardial insufficiencies, 2 cardiorespiratory arrest, 1 cardiac arrhythmia, 1 stroke, and 1 unknown medical cause. b For the 11 subjects with histories of antidepressant use, antidepressant levels were only detected in 5 individuals by toxicological analysis. All values are Mean ± SEM. Abbreviations: ADp; Antidepressants prescribed, ETOH; Alcohol dependence, PMI; Post mortem interval