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. 2020 Jan 7;45(7):1125–1133. doi: 10.1038/s41386-020-0604-4

Table 3.

Estimated marginal means of specific effects examined in people with primary generalized anxiety disorder (n = 87) in Study 2.

Outcome effect Estimate [95% CI] p adj. pa gc
Circulating PACAP [pM, log-transformed]
  Genotype CC vs. other 0.07 [−0.04, 0.18] 0.20 0.27
  Female −0.07 [−0.17, 0.03] 0.16 −0.33
  Genotype CC vs. other in men 0.07 [−0.10, 0.25] 0.42 0.30
  Genotype CC vs. other in women 0.07 [−0.06, 0.19] 0.28 0.24
  Genotype CC vs. other differenceb 0.00 [−0.21, 0.22] 0.98 n/a
  PTSD lifetime diagnosis −0.02 [−0.26, 0.23] 0.88 −0.13
Total anxiety symptom severity (HAM-A total scores)
  Genotype CC vs. other 0.58 [−2.02, 3.18] 0.66 0.66 0.26
  Female −0.08 [−2.47, 2.30] 0.94 0.94 −0.11
  Genotype CC vs. other in men −0.95 [−5.29, 3.39] 0.66 0.66 −0.25
  Genotype CC vs. other in women 2.11 [−0.77, 4.99] 0.15 0.22 0.53
  Genotype CC vs. other differenceb −3.06 [−8.26, 2.14] 0.25 0.37 n/a
  PTSD lifetime diagnosis 1.21 [−4.45, 6.88] 0.67 0.80 0.18
Psychological anxiety symptom severity (HAM-A psychological scores)
  Genotype CC vs. other 1.00 [−0.91, 2.90] 0.30 0.66 0.28
  Female −0.89 [−2.64, 0.86] 0.31 0.47 −0.31
  Genotype CC vs. other in men 1.10 [−2.08, 4.27] 0.49 0.66 0.18
  Genotype CC vs. other in women 0.90 [−1.21, 3.00] 0.40 0.40 0.34
  Genotype CC vs. other differenceb 0.20 [−3.61, 4.01] 0.92 0.92 n/a
  PTSD lifetime diagnosis 0.89 [−3.26, 5.04] 0.67 0.80 0.08
Somatic anxiety symptom severity (HAM-A somatic scores)
  Genotype CC vs. other −0.41 [−1.66, 0.84] 0.51 0.66 0.12
  Female 0.80 [−0.35, 1.94] 0.17 0.47 0.25
  Genotype CC vs. other in men −2.05 [−4.12, 0.03] 0.05 0.16 −1.00
  Genotype CC vs. other in women 1.22 [−0.16, 2.60] 0.08 0.22 0.62
  Genotype CC vs. other differenceb −3.27 [−5.76, −0.77] 0.01 0.03 n/a
  PTSD lifetime diagnosis 0.35 [−2.37, 3.07] 0.80 0.80 0.26
Sleep quality (PSQI global scores)
  Genotype CC vs. other 0.73 [−0.62, 2.08] 0.28 0.66
  Female −0.29 [−1.45, 0.87] 0.62 −0.15
  Genotype CC vs. other in men 0.35 [−2.08, 2.79] 0.77 0.07
  Genotype CC vs. other in women 1.11 [−0.05, 2.27] 0.06 0.81
  Genotype CC vs. other differenceb −0.75 [−3.45, 1.94] 0.58 n/a
  PTSD lifetime diagnosis 3.24 [0.99, 5.49] 0.01 1.07

Genotypes are PAC1R SNP (rs2267735) genotypes, and effects shown are based on specific contrasts between estimated marginal means estimated within a single generalized linear model for each outcome

aadj. p = adjusted for false discovery rate among HAM-A total and subscales only

bDifference refers here to the sex difference in the CC vs. other (CG and GG) genotype effect (i.e., the interaction of gender and genotype effects)

cHedges’ g effect size of group differences based on raw means