Table 4. Neuropsychological performance as a function of gene x drug use interaction.
Groups | |||||
Ecstasy heavy (n = 28) | Ecstasy light (n = 32) | Cannabis (n = 110) | Control (n = 93) | p-value | |
ROCFT – copy accuracy | |||||
COMT val158met | |||||
val/val | 32.2 (3.4) | 33.2 (1.8) | 33.5 (3.8) | 35.1 (1.5) | 0.020 |
val/met | 31.1 (3.5) | 34.5 (1.9) | 34.7 (1.9) | 34.7 (1.6) | |
met/met | 31.7 (2.1) | 34.3 (1.9) | 35.1 (1.8) | 33.2 (3.2) | |
COMT val158met and 5HTTLPR genotypes combinations | |||||
L+met | 32.8 (2.8)* | 34.8 (1.9) | 34.2 (2.4) | 0.014 | |
L+val/val | 33.2 (2.3)* | 33.0 (4.1) | 34.9 (1.7) | ||
S/S+met | 33.6 (3.2)* | 34.9(1.7) | 34.6 (1.4) | ||
S/S+val/val | 30.8 (3.7)* | 35.6 (0.9) | 35.8 (0.4) | ||
ROCFT – immediate recall | |||||
COMT val158met and 5HTTLPR genotypes combinations | |||||
L+met | 23.0 (5.4)* | 24.2 (5.3) | 24.6 (5.2) | 0.015 | |
L+val/val | 22.6 (5.4)* | 26.5 (5.0) | 26.9 (4.2) | ||
S/S+met | 24.2 (5.2)* | 26.4 (4.3) | 22.2 (3.7) | ||
S/S+val/val | 17.5 (4.1)* | 23.6 (5.0) | 29.4 (1.6) | ||
ROCFT – delayed recall | |||||
COMT val158met and 5HTTLPR genotypes combinations | |||||
L+met | 22.6 (5.3)* | 24.2 (5.3) | 24.3 (5.1) | 0.011 | |
L+val/val | 22.6 (5.4)* | 25.8 (4.8) | 26.4 (4.1) | ||
S/S+met | 24.5 (4. 9)* | 26.6 (4.1) | 21.1 (3.5) | ||
S/S+val/val | 18.0 (3.8)* | 24.9 (4.2) | 28.6 (2.5) | ||
SDMT | |||||
5HTTLPR | |||||
L/L | 56.7 (9.2) | 57.2 (7.5) | 57.1 (9.5) | 62.1 (11.1) | 0.016 |
L/S | 59.2 (10.6) | 62.8 (14.1) | 60.0 (8.4) | 59.7 (9.1) | |
S/S | 50.4 (8.6) | 56.7 (12.1) | 62.6 (10.2) | 66.9 (11.9) | |
COMT val158met and 5HTTLPR genotypes combinations | |||||
L+met | 58.5 (10.6)* | 58.4 (9.0) | 60.3 (10.7) | 0.001 | |
L+val/val | 60.9 (11.5)* | 61.0 (8.2) | 61.5 (7.3) | ||
S/S+met | 57.5 (9.6)* | 63.9 (10.1) | 62.7 (6.0) | ||
S/S+val/val | 43.2 (7.1)* | 58.4 (10.8) | 73.2 (16.0) | ||
Semantic Fluency | |||||
CYP2D6 Phenotype | |||||
Intermediate/Poor | 21.7 (4.7)* | 25.7 (6.0) | 22.5 (6.6) | 0.047 | |
Ultra-rapid/Extensive | 24.0 (4.7)* | 25.0 (5.6) | 27.5 (5.9) |
*Refers to the MDMA group irrespective of the lifetime consumption (n = 60).
Results are presented as mean (standard deviation).