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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 27.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2006 Nov 9;148(2-3):143–149. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.01.013

Table 1.

Group mean (S.D.) demographic and psychometric data, whole brain and cerebellar vermis volumes, and results of mixed model, random effects analyses

PTSDa
Non-PTSDa
PTSD diagnosisa
Combat exposure
Interaction
(Ex: n=18)
(Ex: n=22)
tb
P
tb
P
tb
P
(Ux: n=20)
(Ux: n=23)
Estimate (95% CIs)c Estimate (95% CIs)c Estimate (95% CIs)c
M (S.D.) M (S.D.)
Age Ex 52.5 (3.5) 51.7 (2.3) 0.7 0.48 -1.0 0.32 -1.2 0.23
Ux 52.8 (3.2) 51.8 (2.3) - - - - - -
Educationd Ex 13.6 (2.6) 14.6 (2.4) -1.4 0.16 -0.2 0.86 -0.5 0.61
Ux 13.5 (3.2) 14.7 (2.6) - - - - - -
CAPS scoree Ex 74.4 (16.8) 5.9 (7.3) 24.6 <0.0001 - - - -
Uxf 72.6 (16.8) 6.2 (7.3) - - - - - -
Whole brain Ex 1239 (119) 1261 (107) -0.1 0.93 0.0 0.99 -2.2 0.04
 volumeg Ux 1268 (114) 1246 (112) - - - - - -
Anterior superior Ex 1.39 (0.11) 1.40 (0.18) -0.2 0.84 -1.7 0.10 -0.6 0.57
Vermis volumeg Ux 1.43 (0.17) 1.43 (0.18) -0.01 (-0.10, 0.08) -0.03 (-0.07, 0.01) -0.02 (-0.10, 0.06)
Posterior superior Ex 0.87 (0.21) 0.89 (0.15) -0.1 0.94 0.8 0.45 -0.4 0.67
Vermis volumeg Ux 0.86 (0.16) 0.85 (0.18) -0.00 (-0.09, 0.08) 0.02 (-0.03, 0.08) -0.03 (-0.14, 0.09)
Inferior posterior Ex 0.95 (0.14) 0.96 (0.11) -0.7 0.52 -1.5 0.15 0.4 0.72
Vermis volumeg Ux 0.96 (0.15) 1.00 (0.12) -0.02 (-0.09, 0.04) -0.03 (-0.07, 0.01) 0.02 (-0.07, 0.10)
Total Ex 3.20 (0.32) 3.26 (0.35) -0.3 0.74 -0.8 0.44 -0.3 0.79
Vermis volume g Ux 3.25 (0.39) 3.28 (0.39) -0.03 (-0.22, 0.16) -0.04 (-0.15, 0.06) -0.03 (-0.25, 0.19)

Ex = combat-exposed, Ux = combat-unexposed, PTSD = post-traumatic stress disorder, CAPS = Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale.

a

Diagnostic status of the combat-exposed twin.

b

Mixed model t.

c

Estimate of the difference of the means with 95% confidence intervals.

d

Grades completed.

e

Combat-related PTSD symptoms.

f

Combat-exposed brother’s score.

g

Volumes in ml.