Table 2.

Comparison of the demographic characteristics between the major depression suicide victims and control cohorts included in the different experimental procedures. MD, major depression; AC, adenylyl cyclase; F, female; M, male.

	MD	Control	p
Stimulation of [35SJGTPγS binding (n = 9, 6F/3M)
Age1	61.6 ± 5.5	63.3 ± 5.6	0.82
Postmortem delay2	30.6 ± 5.4	34.1 ± 5.1	0.64
Inhibition of AC activity (n = 8, 5F/3M)
Age1	62.6 ± 6.1	63.0 ± 6.4	0.97
Postmortem delay2	32.3 ± 5.8	38.8 ± 5.4	0.43
[3H]CP55,940 binding (n = 9, 6F/3M)
Age1	61.6 ± 5.5	60.0 ± 5.1	0.84
Postmortem delay2	30.6 ± 5.4	31.6 ± 5.8	0.90
Immunoprecipitation of Gα subunits (n = 10, 7F/3M)
Age1	62.7 ± 4.8	62.8 ± 4.8	0.99
Postmortem delay2	24.9 ± 4.0	31.9 ± 3.9	0.25

Group values are mean ± SEM and p values correspond to non-paired Student’s t-tests.

¹Age at death (years).

²Postmortem delay (hours).