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. 2016 Oct 17;10:193. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00193

Table 2.

VNTR-DAT1 and COMTVal158Met effects on cognitive and functional variables in the TESDAD DS population.

Test Function assessed Polymorphism Figure Estimate Standard error t-value p-value
SSP-FR (CANTAB) Mean time to response VNTR-DAT Figure 1A 537 270 1.999 0.05
SRT (CANTAB) Mean time to respond VNTR-DAT Figure 1B 117 48 2.424 0.018
MOT(CANTAB) Mean time to respond VNTR-DAT 137 77 1.772 0.081
SFWGT Switching ability: MF VNTR-DAT Figure 1C –1.5 0.5 –3.265 0.002
WCFST Reversal learning: MF VNTR-DAT –0.8 0.4 –1.921 0.059
SFWGT Switching ability: MF COMTVal158Met Figure 2A –1.4 0.5 –2.935 0.005
ABAS-Social Skills Adaptive social behavior COMTVal158Met Figure 2B 6.99 2.9 2.453 0.017
ABAS-Self-Direction Capacity of regulate behavior to the demands of a situation. COMTVal158Met Figure 2C 7.65 3.7 2.08 0.041
DMR-SOS Social symptoms of dementia COMTVal158Met Figure 2D –2.1 1 –2.108 0.039

SSP, Spatial Span; FR, Forward Recall; SRT, Simple Reaction Time; MOT, Motor Screening; SFWGT, Semantic Fluency Word Generation Task; WCFST, Weigl Color-Form Sort Test; CANTAB, Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery; DMR-SOS, Dementia Questionnaire for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (Sum of Social Scores); ABAS, Adaptive Behavior Assessment System; MF, mental flexibility; Estimate, estimated mean difference; Standard Error, standard error of the estimated mean difference; t-value, Value of the t-statistics; F, Figure; G, Graphic. Two-way ANOVA model was carried out to analyse main differences between allelic groups of each polymorphism regarding cognitive and functional outcomes.

Statistically significant associations above a significance level of 0.05 are represented as bold values.