Table 1.

Demographics of Study Population with a History of Torture Exposure

Patient Group	% (n's) With A History of Torture Exposure	P Value*
Overall sample	16 (23/142)	—
Sex		.86
Males	17 (10/60)
Females	16 (13/82)
Age (quintiles)		.70
19 to 32	21 (6/29)
33 to 45	6 (2/31)
46 to 50	22 (6/27)
51 to 60	26 (8/31)
61to 76	4 (1/24)
Years in the United States (quintiles)		< 0.01
< 3.5	38 (11/29)
3.5 to 9	14 (4/29)
9.1 to 15.5	11 (3/27)
15.6 to 22	13 (4/30)
23 to 53	4 (1/26)
Area of origin		< 0.01
Central America, South America, and the Caribbean	6 (6/94)
Asia	18 (2/11)
Africa	41 (15/37)

^*P-value comparing the percent with a history of torture exposure across patient groups via the χ² test of independence for nominal variables (sex, area of origin) and the χ² test for trend for ordinal variables (age, years in the United States).