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 ARTICLETable 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 |
| 1 | 250 | F/47 | W | R | 5.3 | 178.22 | ASCVD | 398 | Schizoaffective disorder | F/41 | W | NA | 10.3 | 154.29 | Pulmonary embolism |
| 2 | 620 | M/64 | W | R | 17.3 | 103.45 | Accidental drowning | 566 | Chronic undifferentiated schizophreniaa | M/63 | W | R | 18.3 | 112.89 | ASCVD |
| 3 | 681 | M/51 | W | R | 11.6 | 98.54 | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | 234 | Chronic paranoid schizophreniab | M/51 | W | R | 12.8 | 181.20 | Cardiomyopathy |
| 4 | 643 | M/50 | W | R | 24.0 | 100.67 | ASCVD | 581 | Chronic paranoid schizophreniac , d | M/46 | W | M | 28.1 | 110.54 | Accidental combined drug overdose |
| 5 | 634 | M/52 | W | L | 16.2 | 101.88 | ASCVD | 625 | Chronic disorganized schizophreniae | M/49 | B | R | 23.5 | 103.08 | ASCVD |
| 6 | 474 | F/49 | B | NA | 13.4 | 131.13 | Hypertensive cardiovascular disease | 656 | Schizoaffective disorderc | F/47 | B | R | 20.1 | 99.23 | Suicide by gunshot |
| 7 | 396 | M/41 | W | L | 17.5 | 154.62 | ASCVD | 408 | Chronic paranoid schizophrenia | M/46 | W | R | 19.8 | 152.49 | ASCVD |
| 8 | 449 | F/47 | W | L | 4.3 | 142.69 | Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning | 517 | Chronic disorganized schizophreniac | F/48 | W | R | 3.7 | 128.09 | Intracerebral hemorrhage |
| 9 | 451 | M/48 | W | L | 12.0 | 142.51 | ASCVD | 317 | Chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia | M/48 | W | NA | 8.3 | 173.98 | Bronchopneumonia |
| 10 | 178 | M/48 | W | R | 7.8 | 194.43 | ASCVD | 377 | Chronic undifferentiated schizophreniac | M/52 | W | R | 10.0 | 165.17 | Gastrointestinal bleeding |
| 11 | 412 | M/42 | W | R | 14.2 | 157.00 | Aortic stenosis | 466 | Chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia | M/48 | B | NA | 19.0 | 140.47 | ASCVD |
| 12 | 285 | F/27 | W | R | 16.5 | 179.03 | Trauma | 587 | Chronic undifferentiated schizophreniaa | F/38 | B | R | 17.8 | 117.40 | Myocardial hypertrophy |
| 13 | 575 | F/55 | B | R | 11.3 | 119.24 | ASCVD | 597 | Schizoaffective disorder | F/46 | W | L | 10.1 | 115.83 | Pneumonia |
| 14 | 592 | M/41 | B | R | 22.1 | 116.53 | ASCVD | 450 | Chronic undifferentiated schizophreniab , f , g | M/48 | B | L | 22.0 | 142.82 | Suicide by jumping |
| 15 | 452 | F/40 | W | R | 14.3 | 142.33 | ASCVD | 341 | Chronic undifferentiated schizophreniae | F/47 | W | L | 14.5 | 171.27 | Suicide 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.
