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Table 4.

Results from the correlational analyses between parental ACE measures and epigenetic targets for male offspring.

Parental ACE Measure	Epigenetic Target	r	p
Total ACEs	Parent COMT Parent DRD2 Parent GR Parent SERT	−0.681 −0.521 −0.354 −0.240	0.030 0.122 0.316 0.504
Total ACEs	Youth COMT Youth DRD2 Youth GR Youth SERT	0.052 0.125 0.059 −0.094	0.824 0.589 0.798 0.686
Total Maltreatment	Parent COMT Parent DRD2 Parent GR Parent SERT	−0.463 −0.570 −0.555 −0.512	0.177 0.085 0.096 0.131
Total Maltreatment	Youth COMT Youth DRD2 Youth GR Youth SERT	0.138 −0.100 −0.099 −0.111	0.552 0.666 0.668 0.633
Total Household Dysfunction	Parent COMT Parent DRD2 Parent GR Parent SERT	−0.737 −0.308 −0.010 0.154	0.015 0.386 0.979 0.671
Total Household Dysfunction	Youth COMT Youth DRD2 Youth GR Youth SERT	−0.063 0.133 0.000 −0.327	0.786 0.565 0.998 0.148

Note: ACE = adverse childhood experience, COMT = catechol-O-methyltransferase, DRD2 = dopamine receptor, GR = glucocorticoid receptor, SERT = serotonin transporter, r = Pearson’s correlation, p = p value.