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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Psychol Sci. 2015 Dec 10;4(3):545–558. doi: 10.1177/2167702615613310

Table 1.

Hierarchical Linear Regressions of Polygenic Risk Score and Lifetime Trauma Exposure Predicting Cognitive Functioning

Inhibitory Control
Working Memory
Episodic Memory
β/SE P-value R2 β/SE P-value R2 β/SE P-value R2



Block 1 2.1% 14.0% 4.5%
 Age .05/0.01 .52 .06/0.01 .37 −.01/0.01 .90
 Sex .05/0.20 .50 −.14/0.17 .06 −.04/0.25 .59
 Est. IQ −.07/0.01 .37 .33/0.00 <.001 .21/0.01 .007
 PC1 .07/0.87 .37 −.04/0.75 .62 .04/1.09 .60
 PC2 −.02/0.86 .84 −.04/0.74 .62 .02/1.08 .80
 PC3 −.09/0.88 .27 .08/0.75 .28 −.04/1.10 .64



Block 2 3.8% 0.7% 0.0%
 Polygenic Score −.20/0.53 .009 .09/0.46 .23 .01/0.67 .92



Block 3 0.5% 0.0% 0.1%
 Trauma Exposure −.07/0.02 .34 .01/0.2 .95 .03/0.03 .75



Block 4 0.9% 5.1% 0.0%
 Polygenic Score x Trauma Exposure .59/0.19 .19 −1.38/0.16 .001 .07/0.24 .88

Note. Est. IQ = Estimated intelligence quotient from Wechsler Test of Adult Reading (Wechsler, 2001). PC = principal component. Trauma exposure = total types of different traumas over the lifespan. R2 = R2 change for blocks 2–4.