Table 2.
Associations among depression and hostility scores and the MAOA EcoRV polymorphism.
| MAOA Polymorphism | TT Mean (SD) |
C Carrier Mean (SD) |
t |
|---|---|---|---|
| CESD a | 16.79 (9.85) | 15.93 (9.73) | 0.63 |
| Expressive hostility b behavior b | 15.96 (4.80) | 14.50 (4.02) | 2.39 * |
| Hostility cognition b | 18.34 (5.13) | 16.90 (4.77) | 2.10 * |
| Hostility affect b | 9.72 (4.07) | 14.75 (4.50) | 1.40 |
| Suppressive hostility b | 15.13 (4.47) | 14.75 (4.50) | 0.60 |
| Hostility total b | 59.15 (13.68) | 55.11 (13.08) | 2.17 * |
* p < 0.05. a Depression: score in the CES-D. b Hostility: score in the BDHIC-SF.