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BrainpH: Brain pH Measurements

Description

Brain tissue pH at time of death

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 54 observations on the following 5 variables.

pH

Brain tissue pH

Sex

F or M

Ethnicity

AfricanAmerican, Asian, Caucasian, or PacificIslander

Age

Age at death

DeathType

Cause of death (Cardiac, Other, or Suicide)

Details

These are data from a PNAS article (supplemental file) on pH in brain tissue samples for controls and for people who had Major Depressive Disorder. We extracted just the controls (roughly 3/4 of whom died of cardiac arrest).