Table 1.

Complete demographic information for postmortem subjects^a

Group	Gender	Age (yr)	Postmortem interval (hr)	pH	Psychiatric medication last 3 months
Control	Male	48	14	6.25	Nil
Control	Male	20	12	6.3	No
Control	Female	51	20	6.5	NA
Control	Male	59	23.5	6.76	NA
Control	Female	49	9	6.81	NA
Control	Male	37	10	6.7	Nil
Control	Male	52	10	6.11	Nil
Control	Male	55	21	6.7	Nil
Mean ± SEM		46.38 ± 4.39	14.94 ± 2.02	6.52 ± 0.09
Suicide/MDD	Male	48	15	6.78	NA
Suicide/MDD	Male	22	24	6.68	Antidepressants (SNRI), anticonvulsant, benzodiazepines
Suicide/MDD	Female	55	36	6.79	Antidepressants (SNRI)
Suicide/MDD	Male	63	24	6.6	Classic antidepressants
Suicide/MDD	Female	49	14.5	7.5	Antidepressants (SSRI), benzodiazepines
Suicide/MDD	Male	34	10.5	7	Antidepressants (SSRI), benzodiazepines
Suicide/MDD	Male	49	2.5	7	Nil
Suicide/MDD	Male	52	9.5	6.7	Nil
Mean ± SEM		46.38 ± 4.52	17 ± 3.73	6.78 ± 0.13

^aNo, According to our information, the subject was not taking medication during the last 3 months before death; Nil, no medication; SNRI, serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor; SSRI, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor.