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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Genet. 2010 Apr 4;40(5):639–648. doi: 10.1007/s10519-010-9358-9

Table 4.

Regression results from GxE models of harsh discipline (HD), childhood sexual assault (CSA), and MAOA genotype influences on externalizing disorder symptoms.

Alcohol
Tobacco
Cannabis
Antisocial Behavior
Conduct Disorder
b Z p b Z p b Z p b Z p b Z p
Intercept 0.368 7.842 <0.001 0.473 9.514 <0.001 0.231 4.940 <0.001 0.456 12.509 <0.001 0.120 4.443 <0.001
Sex 0.474 8.373 <0.001 0.168 2.825 0.005 0.132 2.456 0.014 0.333 7.827 <0.001 0.365 10.395 <0.001
HD 0.208 2.189 0.029 0.183 2.087 0.037 0.135 1.400 0.161 0.210 3.208 0.001 0.274 3.718 <0.001
CSA -0.020 -0.123 0.902 0.238 1.241 0.215 0.136 0.641 0.521 0.020 0.122 0.903 0.055 0.423 0.673
MAOA genotype 0.033 0.526 0.599 -0.108 -1.687 0.092 -0.082 -1.542 0.123 0.056 1.187 0.235 -0.044 -1.087 0.277
HD*CSA 0.232 0.643 0.520 0.423 1.768 0.077 0.586 1.469 0.142 0.194 0.920 0.358 0.011 0.055 0.956
HD*MAOA -0.036 -0.200 0.842 -0.058 -0.364 0.716 0.156 0.969 0.332 -0.051 -0.391 0.696 0.013 0.106 0.916
CSA*MAOA 0.531 1.551 0.121 0.523 1.936 0.053 0.295 0.715 0.475 0.470 2.467 0.014 0.576 2.697 0.007

Note. Predictor variables are coded 0/1 with the "high risk" group (i.e. males, HD/CSA exposure, low MAOA) coded 1. Significant terms (p < 0.05) are indicated in bold.

Model: DV = b0 + b1sex + b2HD+ b3CSA + b4MAOA + b5HD*CSA+ b6HD*MAOA + b7CSA*MAOA