Table 2.
The Effect of Hispanic Ethnicity by PTSD Symptom
| Non-Hispanic Caucasian minus Hispanic |
African American minus Hispanic |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTSD symptoms | Estimate | Lower 95% C.I. | Upper 95% C.I. | Estimate | Lower 95% C.I. | Upper 95% C.I. |
| D4: Hypervigilance | −0.61* | −0.88 | −0.33 | 0.17 | −0.08 | 0.41 |
| B1: Intrusive thoughts | −0.46* | −0.69 | −0.24 | 0.16 | −0.10 | 0.42 |
| B3: Flashbacks | −0.44* | −0.66 | −0.23 | −0.14 | −0.32 | 0.05 |
| C4: Loss of interest | −0.42* | −0.64 | −0.20 | −0.04 | −0.28 | 0.20 |
| B4: Emotional reactivity | −0.36* | −0.62 | −0.09 | 0.00 | −0.24 | 0.24 |
| D5: Startle response | −0.36* | −0.57 | −0.14 | −0.08 | −0.30 | 0.13 |
| C1: Avoiding thoughts | −0.35* | −0.56 | −0.15 | −0.19* | −0.38 | 0.00 |
| C7: Foreshortened future | −0.30* | −0.54 | −0.05 | −0.04 | −0.26 | 0.19 |
| B2: Recurrent dreams | −0.25* | −0.45 | −0.05 | 0.02 | −0.19 | 0.23 |
| C2: Avoiding reminders | −0.24* | −0.45 | −0.04 | −0.04 | −0.26 | 0.18 |
| D2: Irritability | −0.24* | −0.43 | −0.04 | 0.11 | −0.12 | 0.34 |
| B5: Physiological reactivity | −0.18 | −0.39 | 0.02 | 0.12 | −0.10 | 0.35 |
| C5: Detachment | −0.08 | −0.33 | 0.18 | 0.05 | −0.16 | 0.26 |
| D3: Difficulty concentrating | −0.06 | −0.25 | 0.14 | 0.13 | −0.08 | 0.33 |
| C3: Inability to recall | 0.02 | −0.20 | 0.23 | −0.11 | −0.32 | 0.10 |
| C6: Restricted affect | 0.11 | −0.08 | 0.31 | 0.17 | −0.02 | 0.36 |
| D1: Sleep disturbance | 0.13 | −0.13 | 0.38 | 0.14 | −0.11 | 0.40 |
Note. Estimated coefficients are in PTSD Checklist scale units. Each symptom is presented with its DSM-IV cluster, item number, and abbreviated content. The estimates are sorted in descending order such that symptoms that are more common among Hispanics are listed earlier. CI = Confidence Interval.
*
p < .05.