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. 2009 Oct 20;14(12):1105–1118. doi: 10.1038/mp.2009.92

Table 5.

Haplotypes associated with depression or clinical remission after 8-week antidepressant treatment

Sample Gene Block no. Haplotypea Frequency χ2 d.f. P
        Case Control      
MDD patients and healthy controls CREB1 Block 1 GCACGG 0.003 0.018 5.71 1 0.02
  SLC6A3 Block 1 CGTGCGGT 0.089 0.134 4.83 1 0.03
  ABCB1 Block 2 GCACACACGAGAC 0.060 0.028 6.12 1 0.01
  NTRK2 Block 1 GTTAGGGCA 0.094 0.133 3.96 1 0.05
  SLC6A2 Block 3 ACCAGA 0.004 0.017 3.98 1 0.05
                 
        Remitter Non-remitter      
MDD patients treated with desipramine or fluoxetine ABCB1 Block 1 ACA 0.101 0.029 4.72 1 0.03
  NTRK2 Block 3 TCG 0.839 0.717 5.63 1 0.02
  SLC6A4 Block 1 TAGC 0.006 0.047 5.11 1 0.02
    Block 1 TAGA 0.048 0.003 4.92 1 0.03
    Block 2 ATTGTAACC 0.028 0.081 4.00 1 0.05
                 
MDD patients treated with desipramine ABCB1 Block 1 ACA 0.132 0.018 5.31 1 0.02
  NTRK2 Block 3 TCG 0.865 0.679 6.35 1 0.01
    Block 3 CAG 0.045 0.177 5.74 1 0.02
  SLC6A2 Block 3 GCCAGT 0.134 0.012 6.79 1 0.009
                 
MDD patients treated with fluoxetine ABCB1 Block 2 GCGCACACGAGAC 0.503 0.682 4.08 1 0.04
  SLC6A4 Block 1 TAGC 0.000 0.085 8.37 1 0.004

Abbreviations: ABCB1, ATP-binding cassette subfamily B member 1; CREB1, cyclic AMP-responsive element binding protein 1; MDD, major depressive disorder; NTRK2, neurotrophic tyrosine kinase type 2 receptor; SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism.

a

Letters with underline indicate the SNPs also showing an association with a nominal P<0.05 in the corresponding SNP-based analysis.