Table 1:
Age (years) | Sex M/F | Tissue pH | PMI (hours) | Cause of death | Clinical information | ||
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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