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. 2011 Nov 16;6(11):e27206. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027206

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).