borderline significantP =0.07
On a genotype level (SS/SL/LL), analyses of variance revealed a borderline significant effect of 5-HTTLPR on SERT mRNA levels (F 1,130 =2.71; P =0.07; η 2 =0.04), which reached significance with tri-allelic classification (F 1,130 =3.31; P =0.04; η 2 =0.05).