Demographic and tissue status characteristics of postmortem brain tissue donors
| Group; no. of tissue sample donors* | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Control (n = 36) | Depressed (n = 45) |
| Age, mean ± SD, yr | 42.1 ± 14.3 | 43.3 ± 13.6 |
| Sex, F:M | 9:27 | 15:30 |
| pH, mean ± SD | 6.6 ± 0.3 | 6.6 ± 0.2 |
| PMI, mean ± SD, h | 29.9 ± 13.6 | 33.95 ± 17.5 |
| Race | ||
| White | 20 | 26 |
| Black | 12 | 13 |
| Other | 4 | 6 |
| Cause of death | ||
| Natural | 25 | 7 |
| Accident | 3 | 10 |
| Homicide | 8 | 3 |
| Suicide | 0 | 25 |
| Cardiovascular event | 24 | 7 |
| Accidental overdose | 0 | 15 |
| Smoker† | 14 | 11 |
| Ethanol at death‡ | 0 | 13 |