TABLE 2

Clinical details and characteristics pertaining to alcoholic and control samples

Sample Code	Sex	Age	Postmortem Delay	Cause of Death
		yr	h
C1	Male	50	17	Cardiac coronary artery atheroma
C2	Male	48	19	Coronary thrombosis
C3	Male	51	15	Pulmonary embolism
C4	Male	42	18	Suicide by hanging; asphyxia
C5	Male	45	16	Dilated cardiomyopathy
C6	Male	40	20	Ischemic heart disease
A1	Male	51	18	Alcohol toxicity
A2	Male	42	21	Ischemic heart disease
A3	Male	45	20	Consequences of cirrhosis
A4	Male	40	21	Acute alcohol poisoning
A5	Male	48	22	Bleeding esophageal varices
A6	Male	50	19	Cardiomyopathy