Table 1 Demographic, CNS collection and antipsychotic drug data for cases from which tissue was obtained to study gene expression in Brodmann’s areas 9, 10 and 33

From: Changed frontal pole gene expression suggest altered interplay between neurotransmitter, developmental, and inflammatory pathways in schizophrenia

 

Age (yr.)

pH

PMI (hr.)

Brain Weight (gms)

Sex

Suicide

DI (yr.)

Cause of death

FRAD

FRADD*

Controls

59.3

6.58

20.5

1280

F

  

Congestive cardiac failure

  
 

62.1

6.45

40

1340

F

  

Ischaemic heart disease

  
 

80.8

6.28

55

1415

F

  

Ischaemic heart disease

  
 

32.3

6.16

56

 

F

  

Coronary atheroma

  
 

56.1

5.88

24

1200

F

  

Pericardial tamponade

  
 

38.8

6.26

52

 

F

  

Pulmonary thromboembolism

  
 

71.0

6.11

59

1400

M

  

Ischaemic heart disease

  
 

75.9

6.01

53

1140

F

  

Multiple organ failure

  
 

75.3

6.19

69.4

1360

M

  

Myocardial infarction

  
 

55.2

6.69

30.5

1253

M

  

Coronary artery atherosclerosis

  
 

52.5

6.52

33.8

1400

M

  

Cardiomegaly

  
 

67.0

6.44

49.3

1190

F

  

Aneurysm

  
 

66.4

6.47

71.8

1531

M

  

Coronary artery atheroma

  
 

42.8

6.45

30.5

1500

M

  

Ischaemic heart disease

  

Mean

60

6.32

46

1334

      

SD

14.5

0.23

16.3

124

      

Ratio

    

6/8

     

Schizophrenia

          
 

72.4

6.48

58.5

 

F

N

37

Pneumonia

Chlorpromazine

25

 

59.1

6.44

46

1300

F

N

44

Congestive cardiac failure

Off drug

 
 

61.0

6.46

37.5

1365

M

N

38

Ischaemic heart disease

Off drug

 
 

69.1

6.44

48

1656

M

Y

6

Carbon monoxide poisoning

Off drug

 
 

38.0

6.43

20

1388

F

Y

17

Burning

Fluphenazine

485

 

47.3

6.31

50

1570

F

N

20

Pneumonia

Off drug

 
 

30.0

6.37

48

1455

F

Y

10

Hanging

Chlorpromazine

600

 

35.3

6.38

39

1480

F

Y

9

Incised wrists

Risperidone

150

 

59.5

6.19

44.5

1110

F

N

35

Respiratory failure

Clozapine

632

 

61.2

6.01

45.5

1256

M

Y

18

Hypovolaemic shock

Risperdone

285

 

65.1

6.41

56

1124

M

N

46

Pneumonia with empyema

Olanzapine

270

 

58.7

6.63

42.5

1240

M

N

36

Ischaemic heart disease

Zuclopentixol

506

 

67.0

6.19

43.5

1344

M

N

30

Ischaemic heart disease

Off drug

 
 

82.3

6.13

46.5

1241

F

N

41

Cardiomegaly

Haloperidol prochlorperazine

216

 

35.7

6.48

66

1659

M

Y

12

Overdose

Off drug

 

Mean

56

6.36

46

1371

  

27

  

352

SD

15.4

0.16

10.4

177

  

13.9

  

211

p

0.53

0.63

0.99

0.55

      

Ratios

    

7/8

6/9

    

p

    

0.84

     
  1. DI duration of illness, F female, FRAD final recorded antipsychotic drug dose, FRADD* final recorded antipsychotic
  2. drug dose converted to chlorpromazine equivalents per day, M male, PMI postmortem interval, SD standard deviation