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. 2025 Jan 15;28(1):e301181. doi: 10.1136/bmjment-2024-301181

Table 3. Predictors and model performance for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and probable PTSD according to two criteria (n=2163).

PTSD symptoms(PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) total score) PCL-5≥33 PCL-5 DSM-5
Regression coefficient (95% CI) Odds ratio (95% CI)
Univariable Full model Selected Selected
Age, 67 vs 32 years* −2.5(−3.55, −1.44) −1.21(−2.99, 0.57) Not selected
Sex, female versus male 1.25(0.03 to 2.48) 1.84(0.62 to 3.05) 1.81(0.60 to 3.02) 1.11(0.81 to 1.52) 1.21(0.89 to 1.64)
Race, black/Asian versus white 7.01(3.36, 10.66) Notassessed Not assessed
Education, 16 vs 11 years* −0.85(−1.66, −0.03) −0.79(−1.59, 0.01) Not selected
Employment, ref=working
 Retired −2.72(−4.13, −1.31) −1.22(−3.12, 0.68) −1.78(−3.19, −0.38) 0.58(0.38 to 0.91) 0.53(0.34 to 0.83)
 Student −0.12(−2.21, 1.97) −0.97(−3.47, 1.53) 0.03(−2.00, 2.06) 0.84(0.48 to 1.47) 0.80(0.46 to 1.39)
 Not working 6.97(4.68, 9.25) 4.96(2.71, 7.22) 5.30(3.05, 7.56) 1.85(1.18 to 2.90) 2.15(1.37 to 3.36)
Psychiatric history, yes versus no 6.65(4.88, 8.42) 5.05(3.28, 6.82) 5.17(3.41, 6.93) 2.23(1.55 to 3.23) 1.58(1.11 to 2.33)
Prior TBI, yes versus no 0.53(−1.39, 2.46) 0.57(−1.29, 2.44) Not selected
Cause of injury, ref=fall
 Traffic 3.52(2.32, 4.72) 3.16(1.90 to 4.42) 2.94(1.72, 4.16) 1.51(1.09, 2.10) 1.36(0.99 to 1.88)
 Violence 9.12(6.35, 11.89) 6.63(3.84 to 9.41) 6.96(4.20, 9.72) 2.39(1.39, 4.10) 2.02(1.14 to 3.58)
Glasgow Coma Scale, 15 vs 9* −1.78(−2.7, −0.86) 0.18(−1.00, 1.36) Not selected
Total Injury Severity Score, 29 vs 9* 2.13(1.36, 2.91) 1.35(0.33, 2.37) 1.70(0.92, 2.47) 0.95(0.78, 1.17) 0.98(0.81 to 1.20)
Loss of consciousness, yes or suspected versus no 1.59(0.34, 2.83) 1.21(−0.14, 2.57) Not selected
Post-traumatic amnesia, yes or suspected versus no 0.62(−0.66, 1.9) −0.40(−1.87, 1.07) Not selected
Retrograde amnesia, yes or suspected versus no −0.19(−1.67, 1.28) −1.20(−2.82, 0.43) Not selected
Alcohol intoxication, yes or suspected versus no 2.68(1.26, 4.1) 1.33(−0.14, 2.80) 1.43(−0.01, 2.87) 1.39(0.97, 1.97) 1.17(0.81 to 1.68)
Intracranial abnormality, present versus absent 2.34(1.14, 3.54) 1.46(0.14, 2.79) Not selected
Model performance,95% CI R2=0.09,0.09 to 0.09 R2=0.08,0.08 to 0.08 AUC=0.66,0.63 to 0.70 AUC=0.64,0.61 to 0.68;
Optimism-corrected performance, 95% CI R2=0.07,0.07 to 0.08 AUC=0.64,0.61 to 0.68 AUC=0.62,0.59 to 0.66
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interquartile rangeIQR coefficients, scaled to 75:25 percentile.; ²unemployed, unable to work, homemaker; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition.

Unemployed, unable to work, homemaker.

AUCarea under the receiver operating characteristic curveDSM-5The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth EditionTBItraumatic brain injury