. 2022 Sep 15;12(10):e2747. doi: 10.1002/brb3.2747

TABLE 5.

Partial correlations between AQ and s‐IAT scores in the Chinese and German samples by 5‐HTTLPR/rs25531 genotypes, controlled for sex and age

	Chinese sample			German sample			Fisher's Z
Variables	s‐IAT total	s‐IAT LoC/TM	s‐IAT C/SP	s‐IAT total	s‐IAT LoC/TM	s‐IAT C/SP	s‐IAT total	s‐IAT LoC/TM	s‐IAT C/SP
S'S’	(n = 357)			(n = 118)
AQ total	0.18^***	0.15^**	0.19^***	−0.04	−0.10	0.11	2.05^*	2.32^*	0.71
small AQ	0.14^**	0.09	0.17^**	0.01	−0.04	0.11	1.23	1.19	0.58
AQ SS	0.10	0.08	0.11^*	0.02	−0.01	0.09	0.78	0.90	0.19
AQ DP	−0.11^*	−0.13^*	−0.08	−0.16	−0.19^*	−0.07	0.46	0.51	−0.13
AQ CM	0.27^***	0.21^***	0.29^***	0.23^*	0.18^*	0.27^**	0.37	0.30	0.14
S'L’	(n = 116)		(n = 281)
AQ total	0.20^*	0.13	0.24^**	0.30^***	0.25^***	0.31^***	−1.12	−1.24	−0.79
small AQ	0.12	0.07	0.15	0.32^***	0.28^***	0.31^***	−2.17^*	2.19^*	−1.69
AQ SS	0.11	0.06	0.14	0.31^***	0.27^***	0.31^***	−2.18^*	−2.14^*	−1.80
AQ DP	−0.07	−0.04	−0.09	0.02	0.04	−0.02	−0.97	−0.87	−0.76
AQ CM	0.15	0.09	0.18^*	0.36^***	0.28^***	0.39^***	−2.29^*	−2.02^*	−2.29^*
L'L’	(n = 17)		(n = 164)
AQ total	−0.16	−0.19	−0.13	0.19^*	0.09	0.30^***	−1.29	−1.00	−1.58
small AQ	−0.22	−0.16	−0.26	0.19^*	0.09	0.29^***	−1.48	−0.91	−2.03^*
AQ SS	−0.46	−0.52^*	−0.36	0.13	0.02	0.27^***	−2.24^*	−2.16^*	−2.33^*
AQ DP	0.23	0.39	0.06	−0.02	−0.01	−0.03	0.90	1.49	0.30
AQ CM	0.20	0.25	0.13	0.30^***	0.22^**	0.33^***	−0.38	0.10	−0.74

Abbreviations: AQ, the Adult Autism Spectrum Quotient; SS, social skills; DP, details/pattern; CM, communication/mindreading; s‐IAT, the short Internet Addiction Test; LoC/TM, loss of control/time management; C/SP, craving/social problems. S’S’ (low expressing allele homozygosity): S/S, S/L_G L_G/L_G; S’L’ (intermediate expressing allele heterozygosity): L_A/S, L_A/L_G XL/S, XL/L_G, XXL/S, XXL/L_G; L’L’ (high expressing allele homozygosity): L_A/L_A, XL/L_A, XL/XL.

p < 0.05.

^**

p < 0.01.

^***

p < 0.001.