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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2012 Nov 24;148(1):123–128. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.11.003

Table 2.

Results of regression analyses examining association between 5-HTTLPR genotype, and severity and probable diagnosis of disaster-related posttraumatic stress disorder.

Severity of PTSD symptoms
R2=.19 β t p
Age .02 .23 .82
Female sex .20* 2.61 .010
Ancestral proportion score .08 1.05 .29
5-HTTLPR S’ allele .15 1.78 .08
High Exposure .19 1.39 .17
5-HTTLPR S’ allele x High exposure 0.5 .40*** 5.37 <.001
Probable diagnosis of PTSD
Nagelkerke R2=.16
Wald OR 95%CI
Age .47 1.01 .98–1.05
Female sex 1.91 2.63 .67–10.38
Ancestral proportion score .50 1.65 .41–6.68
5-HTTLPR S’ allele 2.47 7.46 .61–91.46
High Exposure .15 1.67 .13–22.05
5-HTTLPR S’ allele x High exposure 4.55* 3.81 1.11–13.03

Note. OR=odds ratio; 95%CI=95% confidence interval.

*

p<.05.

***

p<.001.