Research Article

Interaction Effects of Season of Birth and Cytokine Genes on Schizotypal Traits in the General Population

Table 4

Means and SD of the SPQ total and factor scores by SOB and IL4 genotype in the extended sample.

SPQ scores Winter SOB Nonwinter SOB
CC homozygotes
T allele carriers
CC homozygotes
T allele carriers

SPQ total score20.59 10.3613.58 10.0416.75 11.3916.78 11.09
Cognitive-perceptual factor8.37 4.665.42 4.296.71 5.547.41 6.40
Interpersonal factor9.28 5.957.04 5.778.17 5.927.57 5.53
Disorganized factor5.06 3.792.83 2.373.83 3.333.81 2.94

Note. SPQ: Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire; SOB: season of birth. Differences between carriers of CC genotype and T allele are significant in the winter SOB group: Bonferroni adjusted . Bonferroni adjusted .