Table 1.
Cohort characteristics. Data for continuous variables are presented as group average ± SEM. NPC, non-psychiatric control; SZ, schizophrenia; M, male; F, female; W, white; B, black; ATOD, at time of death; AP+, antipsychotic medication positive; AP-, antipsychotic medication negative; NA, not available; Sm, smoker; NS, non-smoker; N, natural death; A, accidental death; H, homicide; Su, suicide; PMI, postmortem interval.
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| Group | NPC | SZ | NPC | SZ | NPC | SZ |
| Number | 232 | 195 | 304 | 332 | 405 | 260 |
| Sex | 160 M, 72 F | 119 M, 76 F | 135 M, 169 F | 242 M, 90 F | 303 M, 102 F | 187 M, 83 F |
| Race | 100 W, 132 B | 108 W, 87 B | 304 W | 332 W | 405 | 260 |
| Anipsychotics ATOD | 0 AP+, 150 AP-, 82 NA | 125 AP+, 67 AP-, 3 NA | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Smoking Cigarettes ATOD | 54 Sm, 171 NS, 7 NA | 131 Sm, 53 NS, 11 NA | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Manner of Death | 179 N, 20 A, 31 H, 2 NA | 128 N, 24 A, 36 Su, 7 NA | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| PMI (Hours) | 30.4 ± 0.97 | 39.1 ± 1.73 | -- | -- | -- | -- |