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Published in final edited form as: Psychophysiology. 2011 Nov 14;49(3):401–412. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01319.x

Table 3.

Summary of F-tests and Effect Sizes (η2) for Genetic Associations with Cardiovascular Reactivity

Measure Source ADRA1A Arg492Cys ADRA2A −1291C/G ADRA2B Ins/Del 301-303
F df p η2 F df p η2 F df p η2
Heart Rate Genotype 1.05 2/488 .35 .004 0.25 2/490 .78 .001 1.62 1/487 .20 .003
Sex x Genotype 6.46 2/488 .002 .026 1.96 2/490 .14 .008 0.00 1/487 .99 .000
Genotype x Stressor 1.25 6/972 .28 .008 0.25 6/976 .96 .002 2.74 3/485 .043 .017
Sex x Genotype x Stressor 0.84 6/972 .54 .005 0.78 6/976 .59 .005 2.24 3/485 .08 .014

Preejection Period Genotype 0.26 2/488 .77 .001 0.02 2/490 .98 .000 0.77 1/487 .38 .002
Sex x Genotype 2.39 2/488 .095 .010 0.43 2/490 .65 .002 1.76 1/487 .19 .004
Genotype x Stressor 0.85 6/972 .53 .005 1.57 6/976 .15 .010 0.99 3/485 .40 .006
Sex x Genotype x Stressor 0.79 6/972 .58 .005 1.36 6/976 .23 .008 0.19 3/485 .90 .001

Total Peripheral Resistance Genotype 0.90 2/488 .41 .004 6.30 2/490 .002 .025 0.08 1/487 .78 .000
Sex x Genotype 0.08 2/488 .92 .000 0.22 2/490 .81 .001 0.01 1/487 .92 .000
Genotype x Stressor 0.69 6/972 .66 .004 0.10 6/976 1.00 .001 1.39 3/485 .25 .009
Sex x Genotype x Stressor 2.38 6/972 .028 .014 2.14 6/976 .047 .013 1.38 3/485 .25 .008

Systolic Blood Pressure Genotype 0.64 2/488 .53 .003 0.56 2/490 .57 .002 2.52 1/487 .11 .005
Sex x Genotype 2.47 2/488 .09 .010 0.88 2/490 .41 .004 5.66 1/487 .018 .011
Genotype x Stressor 1.34 6/972 .24 .008 0.23 6/976 .97 .001 0.29 3/485 .83 .002
Sex x Genotype x Stressor 0.39 6/972 .89 .002 0.52 6/976 .79 .003 1.32 3/485 .27 .008

Diastolic Blood Pressure Genotype 0.23 2/488 .79 .001 3.40 2/490 .034 .014 0.00 1/487 .98 .000
Sex x Genotype 0.30 2/488 .74 .001 0.04 2/490 .96 .000 0.76 1/487 .38 .002
Genotype x Stressor 0.33 6/972 .92 .002 0.61 6/976 .72 .004 0.42 3/485 .74 .003
Sex x Genotype x Stressor 0.73 6/972 .63 .004 1.77 6/976 .10 .011 0.35 3/485 .79 .002

Note. Bold typeface indicates a significant effect.