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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Q. 2009 Dec;80(4):213–218. doi: 10.1007/s11126-009-9108-4

Table 2.

Affective symptoms and COMT genotype and allele frequencies in African American and Caucasian patients with psychotic disorders

Race Affective symptoms
Yes No Total Chi-square, df, P
African American Genotype Met/Met 3 1 4 1.01, 2, P = 0.6
Met/Val 14 13 27
Val/Val 11 12 23

Alleles Met 20 15 24 0.58,1, P = 0.45
Val 36 37 32

Caucasian Genotype Met/Met 4 5 9 3.9, 2, P = 0.14
Met/Val 14 6 20
Val/Val 3 6 9

Alleles Met 22 16 38 0.21, 2, P = 0.65
Val 20 18 38