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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2008 Sep 5;67(10):1589–1595. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.07.023

Table 2.

Odds ratios for the association between specific forms of trauma and lifetime diagnosis of PTSD, for males and females

Males
Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Females
Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Human Rights Abuses
  Politically motivated physical assault 2.5 (0.61–10.15) -
  Detention 6.3 (2.34–16.68) -
  Torture 7.7 (2.88–20.41) -
Domestic Violence
  Childhood Physical Abuse 4.5 (2.00–10.22)** 0.9 (0.38–2.09)
  Partner Abuse 5.3 (0.85–32.57)* 3.2 (1.48–7.10)
Criminal Assault 1.3 (0.61–2.62) 3.2 (1.79–5.85)
Sexual Violence
  Rape - 5.6 (2.87–10.78)
  Sexual Assault - 1.2 (0.35–6.07)
Other Physical Assault 2.2 (1.10–4.57)* 1.7 (0.74–4.00)
*

Significantly higher than counterpart at p < 0.05 level

**

Significantly higher than counterpart at p < 0.01 level