Table 3

 Correlation between spine density versus age and postmortem interval (PMI) in subgroups of schizophrenic and control brains

nAge and spine densityPMI and spine density
Controls9−0.793-150 0.63
CX sz80.560.64
Archive sz30.860.46
Combined200.30.17
  • 3-150 p<0.01.

  • Age and spine density correlate in controls (fig 3), but no other correlations are significant.