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Table 1 Descriptives for COMTval158met genotype groups.

From: The COMTval158met polymorphism is associated with symptom relief during exposure-based cognitive-behavioral treatment in panic disorder

COMTval158met

Val/val and val/met

Met/met

X2 p-valuea

Mann-Whitney U-test

p-value

N

40

29

  

sex (M/F)

15/25

11/18

0.97

-

mean age (SD)

37.3 (10.9)

32.7 (6.6)

-

0.11

age of onset (SEM)

27.9 (10.7)

25.3 (8.6)

-

0.39

duration of illness (SEM)

9.8 (11.9)

7.2 (6.4)

-

0.80

Depresssion (yes/no)

9/31

1/28

0.03*

-

iCBT/gCBT

14/26

17/12

0.052

-

Number of modules

6.93 (2.1)

6.31 (2.8)

0.30

 

Co-medicationb (yes/no)

16/24

14/15

0.50

 
  1. a: chi2 (df = 1)
  2. b: any medication (including SSRI, Benzodiazepine, tricyclic antidepressants)
  3. iCBT: internet-based CBT; gCBT: group CBT