Table I.
The relationship between PTSD and sociodemographic variables and other psychiatric diagnoses
| No Trauma n=738 |
Trauma n=4054 |
PTSD n=574 |
Test Statistic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 85.9, <.0001* | |||
| Female | 59.1 | 49.3 | 75.0 | |
| Male | 40.9 | 50.7 | 25.0 | |
| Race | 15.9, .014 | |||
| White | 66.8 | 73.4 | 72.9 | |
| African-American | 12.8 | 12.4 | 13.0 | |
| Hispanic | 16.8 | 10.2 | 9.9 | |
| Other | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.2 | |
| Age | 42.7 (1.1) | 45.2 (0.5) | 41.8 (0.8) | 12.9, .0003* |
| Income | 58, 067(2, 783.7) | 60,533 (1,886.6) | 51,375 (2,410.0) | 12.3, .0005* |
| Insurance coverage (no) | 19.7 | 17.6 | 29.6 | 18.9, <.0001* |
| Smoking (yes) | 39.0 | 50.8 | 64.4 | 40.1, <.0001* |
| Major Depression Disorder (yes) | 8.7 | 16.1 | 44.5 | 205.9, <.0001* |
| Other Anxiety Disorder (yes) | 8.9 | 15.8 | 49.7 | 302.4, <.0001* |
| Substance abuse/dependence (yes) | 5.1 | 15.6 | 32.7 | 190.5, <.0001* |
| Type of index traumaa | 97.4, <.0001* | |||
| Primary | -- | 53.0 | 80.5 | |
| Secondary | -- | 47.0 | 19.5 | |
| Total number of traumasa | -- | 3.3 (0.1) | 5.7 (0.2) | 321.7, <.0001* |
Note: Weighted % and Chi-square statistics are reported for categorical variables and mean (standard errors) and F statistics are reported for continuous variables.
a
Included as a covariate in analyses among traumatized individuals only
*
significant at Bonferroni corrected p< .005