Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for the total sample and by 5-HTTLPR.
|
5-HTTLPR
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics a
|
Total Sample (n = 99)
|
ss/sl (n = 35)
|
ll (n = 64)
|
Statistical power
|
| Neighborhood crime (z-transformation) | 0.00 (1.00) | 0.03 (.96) | −0.02 (1.03) | |
| t(97) = .25 | 0.51 | |||
| SLC6A4 methylation index | 0.00 (.59) | −0.02 (.55) | 0.01 (.61) | |
| t(97) = −.26 | 0.51 | |||
| Depressive symptoms (mini-MASQ) (W4) | 6.55 (2.01) | 6.57 (2.05) | 6.53 (2.01) | |
| t(97) = .10 | 0.50 | |||
| Depressive symptoms (CES-D) (W5) | 14.64 (10.90) | 15.20 (11.58) | 14.33 (10.59) | |
| t(97) = .38 | 0.51 | |||
| Cigarette consumption | 5.24 (7.67) | 5.60 (7.62) | 5.05 (7.74) | |
| t(97) = .34 | 0.57 | |||
| Age (years) | 48.33 (9.30) | 46.17 (5.49) | 49.52 (10.69) | |
| t(97) = −1.73 | 0.76 | |||
| Single relationship | 33.33 (47.38) | 34.29 (48.16) | 32.81 (47.32) | |
| t(97) = .15 | 0.50 | |||
| Education (≤ high school) | 19.19 (39.58) | 11.43 (32.28) | 23.44 (42.70) | |
| t(97) = −1.45 | 0.69 | |||
| Income (≤ $25,000/yr) | 38.38 (48.88) | 34.29 (48.16) | 40.63(49.50) | |
| t(97) = −.62 | 0.54 | |||
| Living 2 years or less in a neighborhood | 31.00 (46.60) | 29.00 (45.80) | 33.00 (47.30) | |
| t(97) = −.43 | 0.52 | |||
| Neighborhood disadvantage | 0.00 (1.00) | 0.01 (1.13) | −0.01 (.93) | |
| t(97) = .08 | 0.50 | |||
Notes:
a
Characteristics of the total sample and by 5-HTTLPR are summarized as Mean/(SD) or %. t-test for differences by 5-HTTLPR.
†
p ≤ .10,
*
p ≤ .05,
**
p ≤ .01 (two-tailed tests).