Table 2.

Logistic regressions predicting any PTSD in past 12 months at baseline/follow-up (N = 1,681)

Predictor variables	Year 1 post disaster			Year 2 post disaster
	OR	95% CI	P-value	OR	95% CI	P-value
Female	3.64	1.94–6.82	<0.001	1.18	0.68–2.05	0.562
Age	0.78	0.63–0.97	0.026	1.14	0.95–1.37	0.154
Latino	1.15	0.58–2.31	0.683	2.33	1.28–4.24	0.006
Married	0.58	0.32–1.05	0.074	0.87	0.50–1.50	0.611
Non-native born	0.94	0.52–1.72	0.856	1.95	1.12–3.41	0.019
Panic attack	1.36	0.65–2.84	0.419	1.78	0.87–3.63	0.112
Self-esteem	0.88	0.81–0.95	0.001	0.77	0.71–0.84	<0.001
Social support	0.90	0.83–0.97	0.007	1.05	0.96–1.15	0.314
Negative life events	1.20	0.95–1.52	0.130	1.92	1.47–2.52	<0.001
WTCD exposure	1.34	1.10–1.63	0.004	1.19	0.95–1.48	0.124
Lifetime trauma exp.	1.33	1.13–1.55	<0.001	1.19	1.06–1.34	0.004
Mixed handedness	1.80	0.73–4.47	0.203	2.61	1.24–5.48	0.011
Attention deficit	1.60	0.63–4.06	0.323	2.45	0.82–7.33	0.110
Lifetime depression pre-WTCD	3.30	1.75–6.23	<0.001	1.21	0.64–2.31	0.559
PTSD outcomes—Year 2a				%	(N)	95% CI
Resilient cases	–	–	–	91.7	(1,468)	90.2–93.1
Remitted cases	–	–	–	2.9	(79)	2.2–3.9
Delayed cases	–	–	–	4.4	(98)	3.4–5.7
Persistent cases	–	–	–	0.9	(36)	0.6–1.3

WTCD World Trade Center disaster, CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio

^aPercents are based on weighted data; Ns are unweighted