Table 5. Empathy scores by rs53576 genotype for male participants.
| All | AA | GA | GG | p* | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 231 | 100%) | (n = 28 | 12.1%) | (n = 103 | 44.6%) | (n = 100 | 43.3%) | ||||||||||
| Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | ||
| TES | 55.7 | 9.4 | 56 | 55.2 | 7.7 | 54.5 | 54.7 | 9.5 | 56 | 57.0 | 9.8 | 57 | 0.15 |
| CES | 29.9 | 6.5 | 30 | 29.6 | 5.6 | 29.5 | 29.2 | 6.6 | 30 | 30.8 | 6.6 | 30 | 0.37 |
| PT | 17.0 | 4.0 | 17 | 17.3 | 3.8 | 18 | 16.7 | 4.1 | 17 | 17.3 | 3.9 | 17 | 0.73 |
| FT | 12.9 | 4.4 | 13 | 12.3 | 4.6 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.7 | 12 | 13.5 | 4.1 | 13 | 0.10 |
| EES | 25.8 | 5.3 | 26 | 25.6 | 3.6 | 25 | 25.4 | 5.4 | 26 | 26.2 | 5.5 | 26 | 0.25 |
| EC | 16.1 | 3.0 | 16 | 15.8 | 2.8 | 16 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 16 | 16.4 | 3.1 | 16 | 0.20 |
| PD | 9.7 | 3.9 | 9 | 9.8 | 3.0 | 10 | 9.5 | 4.1 | 9 | 9.8 | 3.9 | 10 | 0.73 |
TES: trait empathy score, CES: cognitive empathy score, PT: perspective taking; FT: fantasy; EES: emotional empathy score. EC: empathic concern; PD: personal distress. Medians were included to show ranked effects.
* p values were calculated using the Jonckheere-Terpstra-Test.