Table 1.
Demographic characteristics by study group.
| Analytic Sample (n = 153) |
Opioid Samples (n = 72) |
Psychiatric Controls (n = 53) |
Normal Controls (n = 28) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic Categories | n (%) | Mean (SD) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | n (%) | Mean (SD) |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 58 (38%) | – | 22 (31%) | – | 21 (40%) | – | 15 (54%) | – |
| Male | 95 (62%) | – | 50 (69%) | – | 32 (60%) | – | 13 (46%) | – |
| Race | ||||||||
| African American | 35 (23%) | – | 10 (14%) | – | 10 (19%) | – | 13 (46%) | – |
| European American | 118 (77%) | – | 62 (86%) | – | 43 (81%) | – | 15 (54%) | – |
| Age of Death | – | 35.42 years (9.42) | – | 33.49 (8.86) | – | 36.22 (9.37) | – | 38.87 (10.03) |
| Postmortem Interval | – | 27.42 h (9.60) | – | 27.12 (8.95) | – | 27.67 (10.45) | – | 27.73 (9.87) |
| RNA Integrity Number | – | 7.79 (1.17) | – | 7.40 (1.35) | – | 8.18 (0.78) | – | 8.07 (0.96) |