Table 4

Results* from 2-way analyses of variance of the effect of the CAG and GGN repeat polymorphisms on Karolinska Scales of Personality and Temperament and Character Inventory scores in a forensic psychiatric population (sample 2)

Test measurep value; polymorphismR2, %ANOVA p value
CAGGGNCAG × GGN
KSP
Neuroticism0.60.350.306.50.19
 Somatic anxiety0.020.450.158.70.12
 Muscular tension0.0030.100.0916.00.02
 Psychasthenia0.070.110.419.60.1
 Socialization0.0010.240.0120.40.07
Extraversion0.0010.380.0121.50.005
 Impulsiveness0.0070.340.0118.20.01
 Monotony avoidance0.00050.150.0421.00.006
TCI
Character
 Self-transcendence0.070.270.374.10.24
  • KSP = Karolinska Scales of Personality; TCI = Temperament and Character Inventory.

  • * Only items yielding significant associations in sample 1 are included; p values are 1-sided. Cell sizes for the for the analysis of neuroticism and extraversion: CAG-SxGGN-S: 19, CAG-SxGGN-L: 11, CAG-LxGGN-S: 15, CAG-LxGGN-L: 5, self-transcendence: CAG-SxGGN-S: 24, CAG-SxGGN-L: 12, CAG LxGGN-S: 21, CAG-LxGGN-L: 6.