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Table 7 Human Tissue Demographics

From: Genomic structure and expression of the human serotonin 2A receptor gene (HTR2A) locus: identification of novel HTR2A and antisense (HTR2A-AS1) exons

  

Schizophrenia (n = 105)

Control (n = 106)

Gender

Male

74.3 % (n = 78)

74.5 % (n = 79)

 

Female

25.7 % (n = 27)

25.5 % (n = 27)

Race

Caucasian

60.0 % (n = 63)

59.4 % (n = 63)

 

African-American

40.0 % (n = 42)

40.6 % (n = 43)

Age at Death

 

45.6 ± 13.8 years

45.9 ± 13.8 years

Manner of Death

Natural

59.0 % (n = 62)

82.1 % (n = 87)

 

Accidental

13.3 % (n = 14)

8.5 % (n = 9)

 

Suicide

26.7 % (n = 28)

0.0 % (n = 0)

 

Undetermined

1.0 % (n = 1)

0.9 % (n = 1)

 

No Autopsy

0.0 % (n = 0)

0.9 % (n = 1)

 

Homicide

0.0 % (n = 0)

7.5 % (n = 8)

Smoking Status at Time of Death

Smoker

70.5 % (n = 74)

26.4 % (n = 28)

 

Non-smoker

21.0 % (n = 22)

70.8 % (n = 75)

 

Not Determined

8.6 % (n = 9)

2.8 % (n = 3)

Brain pH

 

6.46 ± 0.24

6.56 ± 0.26

Post-mortem interval

 

40.3 ± 26.6 hours

29.4 ± 14.1 hours

RNA Integrity Number

 

8.0 ± 0.91

8.3 ± 0.75