Table 1.
Sex Differences in Lifetime Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by Type of Abuse
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | OR | 95% CI | |
| Abuse/neglect group (N = 674) | ||||||
| No PTSD | 264 | 79.3 | 196 | 58.3 | 2.73*** | 1.94–3.85 |
| PTSD | 69 | 20.7 | 140 | 41.7 | ||
| Any sexual abuse | ||||||
| No PTSD | 16 | 84.2 | 42 | 56.0 | 4.19a** | 1.13–14.60 |
| PTSD | 3 | 15.8 | 33 | 44.0 | ||
| Any physical abuse | ||||||
| No PTSD | 44 | 74.6 | 26 | 55.3 | 2.37* | 1.04–5.39 |
| PTSD | 15 | 25.4 | 47 | 44.7 | ||
| Any neglect | ||||||
| No PTSD | 224 | 79.2 | 149 | 58.2 | 2.73*** | 1.87–3.98 |
| PTSD | 59 | 20.8 | 107 | 41.8 | ||
Note. The number of participants in abuse groups does not equal 674 because some participants were exposed to two or more types of abuse.
a
p Value determined by Fisher’s exact test due to counts of less than 5 for some cells.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.