TABLE 1.
Main demographic characteristics of controls and patients with schizophrenia (SCH).
Identifier | Diagnosis | Age | Gender | PMI (h) | Cause of death | Regions investigated |
#1 | Control | 57 | F | 7 | Urothelium carcinoma, euthanasia | CN, BA9 |
#2 | Control | 60 | F | 8 | Septicaemia | CN, BA9 |
#3 | Control | 78 | F | 5 | Bronchopneumonia | CN, BA9 |
#4 | Control | 70 | F | 6 | Pulmonary carcinoma | CN, BA9 |
#5 | Control | 55 | M | 8 | Oesophageal cancer, euthanasia | CN, BA9 |
#6 | Control | 55 | M | 7 | A. mes. sup. thrombosis | CN, BA9 |
#7 | SCH | 66 | F | 11 | Pancreas carcinoma | CN, BA9 |
#8 | SCH | 64 | M | 19 | Pulmonary embolism | CN, BA9 |
#9 | SCH | 79 | F | 5 | Heart failure | CN, BA9 |
#10 | SCH | 55 | F | 10 | Suicide | CN, BA9 |
#11 | SCH | 63 | F | 5 | Breast carcinoma | CN* |
#12 | SCH | 92 | F | 8 | Pneumonia | BA9* |
#13 | SCH | 59 | M | 13 | Coronary insufficiency | BA9* |
#14 | SCH | 50 | M | 34 | Bleeding from oesophageal varix | CN* |
CN, caudate nucleus; BA9, Brodmann area 9; *only one region was available from these cases.