Table 1

Correlations (Spearman’s rank test) between the monoamine metabolites and PCL-R scores

Pooled samples
New sample (n=28)All subjects ≤45 years (n=47)All subjects without medication (n=25)All subjects without axis I diagnosis (n=21)
HVA
    PCL-R: total score 0.32 (p=0.092) 0.36 (p=0.014) 0.51 (p=0.010) 0.42 (p=0.056)
    Factor 1 0.02 (p=0.93) 0.15 (p=0.33) 0.20 (p=0.35) 0.28 (p=0.22)
    Factor 2 0.39 (p=0.038) 0.50 (p<0.001) 0.66 (p<0.001) 0.59 (p=0.005)
    New factor 1 0.33 (p=0.081) 0.26 (p=0.075) 0.25 (p=0.22) 0.18 (p=0.44)
    New factor 2−0.03 (p=0.89) 0.22 (p=0.15) 0.40 (p=0.049) 0.33 (p=0.15)
    New factor 3 0.33 (p=0.086) 0.35 (p=0.016) 0.40 (p=0.047) 0.42 (p=0.055)
5-HIAA
    PCL-R: total score 0.02 (p=0.92) 0.08 (p=0.60) 0.20 (p=0.35) 0.06 (p=0.80)
    Factor 1−0.17 (p=0.40)−0.07 (p=0.66)−0.07 (p=0.73)−0.04 (p=0.87)
    Factor 2 0.07 (p=0.72) 0.22 (p=0.14) 0.33 (p=0.10) 0.26 (p=0.26)
    New factor 1 0.17 (p=0.40) 0.07 (p=0.63) 0.03 (p=0.88)−0.13 (p=0.56)
    New factor 2−0.22 (p=0.27)−0.03 (p=0.86) 0.15 (p=0.48) 0.11 (p=0.65)
    New factor 3−0.01 (p=0.98) 0.09 (p=0.54) 0.11 (p=0.61) 0.07 (p=0.77)
MHPG
    PCL-R: total score 0.30 (p=0.136) 0.38 (p=0.009) 0.45 (p=0.023) 0.55 (p=0.010)
    Factor 1 0.13 (p=0.52) 0.22 (p=0.14) 0.27 (p=0.20) 0.41 (p=0.065)
    Factor 2 0.26 (p=0.18) 0.46 (p<0.001) 0.51 (p=0.010) 0.60 (p=0.004)
    New factor 1 0.43 (p=0.023) 0.32 (p=0.027) 0.35 (p=0.08) 0.28 (p=0.21)
    New factor 2 0.10 (p=0.63) 0.28 (p=0.059) 0.39 (p=0.056) 0.37 (p=0.10)
    New factor 3 0.45 (p=0.017) 0.47 (p<0.001) 0.42 (p=0.037) 0.52 (p=0.015)
HVA:5-HIAA
    PCL-R: total score 0.50 (p=0.007) 0.50 (p<0.001) 0.67 (p<0.001) 0.59 (p=0.005)
    Factor 1 0.28 (p=0.16) 0.35 (p=0.016) 0.39 (p=0.052) 0.51 (p=0.018)
    Factor 2 0.53 (p=0.004) 0.49 (p<0.001) 0.71 (p<0.001) 0.58 (p=0.006)
    New factor 1 0.40 (p=0.037) 0.40 (p=0.005) 0.36 (p=0.081) 0.45 (p=0.039)
    New factor 2 0.26 (p=0.18) 0.40 (p=0.006) 0.51 (p=0.010) 0.45 (p=0.043)
    New factor 3 0.49 (p=0.008) 0.42 (p=0.003) 0.55 (p=0.004) 0.53 (p=0.014)
HVA:MHPG
    PCL-R: total score 0.11 (p=0.57) 0.50 (p<0.001) 0.23 (p=0.28)−0.01 (p=0.98)
    Factor 1−0.07 (p=0.74) 0.35 (p=0.016) 0.03 (p=0.87)−0.11 (p=0.65)
    Factor 2 0.23 (p=0.23) 0.49 (p<0.001) 0.39 (p=0.055) 0.22 (p=0.35)
    New factor 1 0.13 (p=0.53) 0.40 (p=0.005) 0.05 (p=0.80)−0.11 (p=0.63)
    New factor 2−0.11 (p=0.58) 0.40 (p=0.006) 0.17 (p=0.43)−0.001 (p=0.98)
    New factor 3 0.05 (p=0.80) 0.42 (p=0.003) 0.15 (p=0.48) 0.07 (p=0.77)
5-HIAA:MHPG
    PCL-R: total score−0.20 (p=0.31)−0.16 (p=0.29)−0.07 (p=0.74)−0.28 (p=0.22)
    Factor 1−0.23 (p=0.25)−0.19 (p=0.20)−0.18 (p=0.39)−0.35 (p=0.12)
    Factor 2−0.07 (p=0.73)−0.03 (p=0.84) 0.08 (p=0.71)−0.08 (p=0.75)
    New factor 1−0.11 (p=0.58)−0.14 (p=0.35)−0.11 (p=0.59)−0.35 (p=0.12)
    New factor 2−0.28 (p=0.15)−0.18 (p=0.24)−0.09 (p=0.67)−0.19 (p=0.41)
    New factor 3−0.28 (p=0.16)−0.20 (p=0.18)−0.11 (p=0.60)−0.19 (p=0.42)