Table 1

Summaries of demographic, clinical and histological information of schizophrenic, bipolar, major depression and control cases.

Demographics
Group


Controls
n = 15
Schizophrenic
n = 15
Bipolar disorder
n = 15
Major Depression
n = 15

AGE (years, mean ± SD)
48.1 ± 10.7
44.5 ± 13.1
42.3 ± 11.7
46.5 ± 9.3
GENDER
9M, 6F
9M, 6F
9M, 6F
9M, 6F
POSTMORTEM INTERVAL (hours, mean ± SD)
23.7 ± 9.9
33.7 ± 14.6
32.5 ± 16.1
27.5 ± 10.7
CAUSE OF DEATH




CPD
13
7
11
8
Accident
2
0
0
2
Pneumonia
0
0
1
1
Suicide
0
7
1
1
Other
0
1
2
3
pH (mean ± SD)
6.3 ± 0.2
6.2 ± 0.3
6.2 ± 0.2
6.1 ± 0.3
FIXATION (months, mean ± SD)
4.40 ± 3.9
11.20 ± 8.5
9.67 ± 3.6
8.33 ± 6.6
STORAGE OF FROZEN SECTIONS (days, mean ± S D)
621 ± 172.3
434 ± 290.0
338 ± 234.2
621 ± 233.1
BRAIN HEMISPHERE
7R:8L
6R:9L
8R:7L
6R:9L
DURATION OF ILLNESS (years, mean ± SD)
0 ± 0
21.3 ± 11.4
20.1 ± 9.7
12.7 ± 11.1
LIFETIME ANTIPSYCHOTICa DOSE (mg) (min-median-max)
0-0-0
0- 35 000- 200 000
0- 7 500- 60 000
0-0-0

a = lifetime quantity of fluphenazine or equivalent

CPD = cardiac pulmonary disease

Ubhi and Price BMC Psychiatry 2005 5:38   doi:10.1186/1471-244X-5-38