Neuropsychopharmacology

TABLE 1

FROM:

Reduced Dendritic Spine Density in Auditory Cortex of Subjects with Schizophrenia

Robert A Sweet, Ruth A Henteleff, Wei Zhang, Allan R Sampson and David A Lewis

BACK TO ARTICLE

Table 1. Subject Characteristics

  Normal comparison subjects Schizophrenic subjects
Pair Case Sex/Age Race Hand PMI Storage time Cause of death Case Diagnosis Sex/Age Race Hand PMI Storage time Cause of death
 1250F/47WR5.3178.22ASCVD398Schizoaffective disorderF/41WNA10.3154.29Pulmonary embolism
 2620M/64WR17.3103.45Accidental drowning566Chronic undifferentiated schizophreniaa M/63WR18.3112.89ASCVD
 3681M/51WR11.698.54Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy234Chronic paranoid schizophreniab M/51WR12.8181.20Cardiomyopathy
 4643M/50WR24.0100.67ASCVD581Chronic paranoid schizophreniac , d M/46WM28.1110.54Accidental combined drug overdose
 5634M/52WL16.2101.88ASCVD625Chronic disorganized schizophreniae M/49BR23.5103.08ASCVD
 6474F/49BNA13.4131.13Hypertensive cardiovascular disease656Schizoaffective disorderc F/47BR20.199.23Suicide by gunshot
 7396M/41WL17.5154.62ASCVD408Chronic paranoid schizophreniaM/46WR19.8152.49ASCVD
 8449F/47WL4.3142.69Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning517Chronic disorganized schizophreniac F/48WR3.7128.09Intracerebral hemorrhage
 9451M/48WL12.0142.51ASCVD317Chronic undifferentiated schizophreniaM/48WNA8.3173.98Bronchopneumonia
10178M/48WR7.8194.43ASCVD377Chronic undifferentiated schizophreniac M/52WR10.0165.17Gastrointestinal bleeding
11412M/42WR14.2157.00Aortic stenosis466Chronic undifferentiated schizophreniaM/48BNA19.0140.47ASCVD
12285F/27WR16.5179.03Trauma587Chronic undifferentiated schizophreniaa F/38BR17.8117.40Myocardial hypertrophy
13575F/55BR11.3119.24ASCVD597Schizoaffective disorderF/46WL10.1115.83Pneumonia
14592M/41BR22.1116.53ASCVD450Chronic undifferentiated schizophreniab , f , g M/48BL22.0142.82Suicide by jumping
15452F/40WR14.3142.33ASCVD341Chronic undifferentiated schizophreniae F/47WL14.5171.27Suicide by drug overdose

 ASCVD, arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; NA, not available; M, mixed; PMI, post-mortem interval (in hours); NA, not available; B, black; W, white.

 PMI was significantly longer in subjects with schizophrenia (p=0.03); storage time is in months.

 Hand indicates handedness.

a Alcohol abuse, in remission at time of death.

b Schizophrenic subjects off medications at time of death.

c Alcohol dependence, current at time of death.

d Other substance abuse, current at time of death.

e Alcohol abuse, current at time of death.

f Alcohol dependence, in remission at time of death.

g Other substance dependence, in remission at time of death.

BACK TO ARTICLE