How possible is the development of an operational psychometric method to assess the presence of the 5-HTTLPR s allele? Equivocal preliminary findings

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the various study groups

	Dominant model: presence vs absence of s allele						Recessive model: presence vs absence of l allele
	ss and sl (n = 88)			ll (n = 50)			sl and ll (n = 119)			ss (n = 19)			sl (n = 69)
	Mean ± SD	Min	Max	Mean ± SD	Min	Max	Mean ± SD	Min	Max	Mean ± SD	Min	Max	Mean ± SD	Min	Max
Depressive	7.30 ± 3.18	2	16	5.98 ± 2.40	2	12	6.77 ± 3.05	2	16	7.11 ± 2.56	3	11	7.35 ± 3.35	2	16
Cyclothymic	6.23 ± 4.10	0	17	4.34 ± 3.01	0	11	5.62 ± 3.92	0	17	5.05 ± 3.34	0	10	6.55 ± 4.24	0	17
Hyperthymic	10.06 ± 3.67	1	20	10.72 ± 4.53	2	22	10.36 ± 4.09	1	22	9.89 ± 3.43	4	15	10.10 ± 3.75	1	20
Irritable	4.59 ± 3.53	0	15	3.30 ± 2.72	0	11	4.21 ± 3.41	0	15	3.58 ± 2.63	0	9	4.87 ± 3.71	0	15
Anxious	8.20 ± 5.25	0	19	5.94 ± 4.48	0	18	7.22 ± 5.10	0	19	8.42 ± 4.99	0	18	8.14 ± 5.35	0	19
ll scale	5.49 ± 2.85	0	11	3.24 ± 2.33	0	10	4.61 ± 2.89	0	11	5.05 ± 2.88	0	11	5.61 ± 2.85	0	11
ss scale	5.20 ± 2.46	1	11	4.12 ± 2.16	0	9	4.50 ± 2.25	0	11	6.74 ± 2.54	2	10	6.74 ± 2.54	2	10

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