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Table 2 Discrimination index (D) between the groups according to the dominant model (ss + sl vs ll) concerning the Temperament Evaluation of the Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego Autoquestionnaire (TEMPS-A) items

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

Dominant model (subjects carrying the s allele vs subjects not carrying the s allele)

TEMPS-A item

ss or sl (N = 88)

ll (N = 50)

D

107A

51.14

28.00

23.14

17D

59.09

36.00

23.09

69I

45.45

26.00

19.45

7D

46.59

28.00

18.59

39C

36.36

20.00

16.36

94A

34.09

18.00

16.09

68I

31.82

16.00

15.82

29C

29.55

14.00

15.55

92A

53.41

38.00

15.41

27C

51.14

36.00

15.14

15D

38.64

24.00

14.64

99A

38.64

24.00

14.64

110A

52.27

38.00

14.27

100A

18.18

4.00

14.18

86A

34.09

20.00

14.09

89A

34.09

20.00

14.09

105A

50.00

36.00

14.00

52H

50.00

36.00

14.00

34C

31.82

18.00

13.82

35C

55.68

42.00

13.68

87A

29.55

16.00

13.55

4D

19.32

6.00

13.32

42C

19.32

6.00

13.32

64I

27.27

14.00

13.27

22C

43.18

30.00

13.18

73I

28.41

16.00

12.41

88A

34.09

22.00

12.09

24C

13.64

2.00

11.64

12D

29.55

18.00

11.55

23C

37.50

26.00

11.50

77I

27.27

16.00

11.27

90A

35.23

24.00

11.23

71I

20.45

10.00

10.45

33C

20.45

10.00

10.45

40C

36.36

26.00

10.36

66I

18.18

8.00

10.18

21D

26.14

16.00

10.14

  1. The capital letter after the item number denotes the TEMPS-A subscale: A = anxious, D = depressive, C = cyclothymic or I = irritable.