TABLE 1.
Socio-demographics, Health factors, and medication history
Participant characteristics | Never/remitted PTSD | Late-onset PTSD | Long standing |
---|---|---|---|
Sample size | 182 | 31 | 25 |
Socio-demographics | |||
Age | 68 (3) | 68 (2) | 69 (1) |
Education, years | 14 (2) | 13 (2) | 13 (3) |
Employed full time, % | 23 | 13 | 18 |
Health factors | |||
BMI | 29 (4) | 31 (5) | 28 (4) |
Current smokers, % | 15 | 15 | 19 |
Alcohol use, drinks/week | 2 (7) | 2 (5) | 2 (2) |
History of hypertension % | 57 | 72 | 53 |
Diabetes % | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Depression % | 2 | 15 | 31 |
Medication, use(%) | |||
Antidepressant | 8 | 36 | 50 |
Beta blockers | 26 | 33 | 7 |
PTSDSS score | 21 (8) | 27 (11) | 33(11) |
Notes: For continuous variables, we presented the mean (SD), and for binary variables we presented the percentage prevalence.