Table 3.
Summary of Patients’ Characteristics
| Normal Controls (n = 24) |
Depressed Suicide (n = 24) |
Depressed Non-Suicide (n = 12) |
Non-Depressed Suicide (n = 11) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIN | 6.8 ± 1.2 | 6.9 ± 1.3 | 6.8 ± 0.8 | 7.0 ± 1.2 |
| Age (Years) |
42.08 ± 15.35 | 38.96 ± 15.40 | 49.50 ± 17.18 | 42.00 ± 24.22 |
| PMI (hours) |
16.54 ± 6.56 | 18.92 ± 6.02 | 17.92 ± 9.32 | 23.27 ± 6.17* |
| Brain pH | 7.02 ± 0.15 | 6.96 ± 0.25 | 6.80 ± 0.27* | 6.65 ± 0.18* |
| Race | 7 Black 17 White |
2 Black 22 White |
3 Black 9 White |
11 White |
| Gender | 20 Males 4 Females |
14 Males 10 Females |
7 Males 5 Females |
10 Males 1 Felame |
| Antidepressants (at time of death) |
NONE | 11 YES 13 NO |
11 YES 1 NO |
0 YES 11 NO |
| Ethanol (at time of death) |
NONE | 9 YES 15 NO |
1 YES 11 NO |
4 YES 7 NO |
| Suicide Method | N/A | 12 Violent 12 Non-Violent |
N/A | 9 Violent 2 Non-Violent |
Values are mean ± SD
Abbreviations: RIN, RNA integrity number, PMI, postmortem interval
*
p< 0.05 (compared with NC group)