Table 1: Association between anxiety symptoms, physical negligence, hazardous alcohol use, neuroticism, perceived stress and 5–HTTLPR polymorphism.
| Measurements |
– |
Genotypes |
Mean Scores (SE) |
p value |
| Anxiety symptoms |
– |
S/S –S/L |
37.8 (0.6) |
0.028 |
|
– |
L/L |
40.5 (1.3) |
|
| Physical negligence |
– |
S/S – S/L |
6.3 (0.1) |
0.0047* |
|
– |
L/L |
7.2 (0.3) |
– |
| Hazardous alcohol use |
ASSIST scores |
S/S – S/L |
6.6 (0.5) |
0.011 |
|
– |
L/L |
9.2 (0.9) |
– |
|
AUDIT scores |
S/S – S/L |
4.6 (0.3) |
0.25 |
|
– |
L/L |
5.31 (0.6) |
– |
| Neuroticism |
– |
S/S – S/L |
4.1 (0.1) |
0.019 |
|
– |
L/L |
4.47 (0.1) |
– |
| Perceived stress |
|
S/S – L/L |
18.81 (0.6) |
0.035 |
|
– |
S/L |
17.32 (0.5) |
– |
*Significant after Bonferroni corrections;
Abbreviations: ASSIST: Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test; AUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.