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. 2011 Mar 1;2:6. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2011.00006

Table 2.

5-HTTLPR differences for youth-reported and parent-reported borderline personality disorder traits among youth.

Genotype groups
SS (n = 51) SL (n = 110) LL (n = 81)
STUDY 1
BPD traits – youth report 32.56 (10.3)a 30.22 (8.99)a 24.91 (9.88)b
BPD traits – parent report 28.63 (14.7)a 27.58 (9.62)a 24.97 (9.75)b
SS (n = 39) SL (n = 69) LL (n = 36)
STUDY 2
BPD traits – youth report 29.02 (7.95)a 27.87 (6.4)a 23.13 (7.78)b
BPD traits – parent report 26.32 (9.7)a 25.58 (8.9)a 21.56 (9.73)

Means and SDs (in brackets) for borderline personality disorder trait scores. Groups with different superscripts differed significantly at p < 0.05.