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. 2007 Apr;97(Suppl 1):S103–S108. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.087007

TABLE 2—

Weighted Logistic Regression for Risk Factors for PTSD-General, PTSD-Hurricane, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and Major Depression Episode (MDE): Florida, 2004

Variable PTSD-General, OR (95% CI) PTSD-Hurricane, OR (95% CI) GAD, OR (95% CI) MDE, OR (95% CI)
Age, y
    ≥ 60 0.97 (0.38, 2.46) 1.13 (0.33, 3.81) 1.50 (0.79, 2.85) 0.60 (0.30, 1.21)
Gender
    Female 1.23 (0.42, 3.58) 1.86 (0.60, 5.83) 2.80 (1.08, 7.24) 2.33 (0.86, 6.35)
Ethnicity
    Hispanic 2.62 (0.39, 17.80) 0.49 (0.05, 5.00) 3.27 (0.88, 12.16) 2.65 (0.68, 10.32)
Low income, US $
    < $15 000 1.56 (0.50, 4.84) 2.04 (0.48, 8.64) 0.81 (0.32, 2.06) 0.86 (0.25, 2.93)
Property damage
    Yes 1.62 (0.23, 11.28)
Amount of incurred damage, US $
    >$10 000 2.99 (0.99, 9.01)
Time displaced from home
    >1 week 4.59 (1.03, 20.49) 5.80 (1.34, 25.21) 3.83 (0.97, 15.18)
Out-of-pocket expenses incurred, US $
    > $1000 1.30 (0.49, 3.43) 1.07 (0.22, 5.09) 1.96 (0.78, 4.90)
Experienced significant fear of injury or death during prior trauma
    Yes 2.11 (0.44, 10.15) 5.74 (1.13, 29.24) 3.72 (1.78, 7.79) 2.64 (1.03, 6.81)
Social support
    Low 2.59 (0.71, 9.48) 7.92 (1.54, 40.63) 2.68 (1.10, 6.51) 6.15 (2.60, 14.53)

Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder. For all logistic regressions, nonsignificant risk ratios were evident from CIs that spanned the value 1; these risk ratios should be considered equal to 1: no increased or decreased risk.