Table 2.
Psychiatric Diagnoses and Severe/Very Severe Neurobehavioral Symptoms for Women Relative to Men.
| Unadjusted Model | Adjusted for Blast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
| Psychiatric Diagnoses (N =12,507) | ||||
| PTSD | 0.70** | .60–.82 | 0.87 | 0.73–1.03 |
| Depression | 1.95** | 1.67–2.29 | 1.90** | 1.61–2.24 |
| Non-PTSD Anxiety disorders | 1.31** | 1.08–1.60 | 1.26 | 1.03–1.54 |
| Adjustment disorders/stress reactions | 1.22 | .95–1.57 | 1.18 | 0.91–1.52 |
| Alcohol-related disorders | 0.52** | .42–.65 | 0.53** | 0.43–0.66 |
| Drug-related disorders | 0.59** | .41–.84 | 0.59 | 0.41–0.85 |
| 1 diagnosis onlya | 0.75** | .62–.90 | 0.77 | 0.64–.93 |
| 2 or more diagnosesb | 1.20 | 1.02–1.40 | 1.26 | 1.07–1.48 |
| PTSD and Depression | 1.53** | 1.30–1.80 | 1.66** | 1.40–1.96 |
| Severe Neurobehavioral Symptoms (N = 12,605) | ||||
| Affective | 1.21 | 1.03–1.42 | 1.33* | 1.12–1.57 |
| Somatosensory | 2.09* | 1.57–2.78 | 2.13* | 1.58–2.88 |
| Cognitive | 1.26* | 1.06–1.49 | 1.31* | 1.10–1.56 |
| Vestibular | 1.86* | 1.40–2.48 | 1.76* | 1.30–2.37 |
Note. Reference group is males. OR = Odds ratio, CI = Confidence interval. All of the analyses which adjust for blast have also been adjusted for: etiology (blast, bullet, fall, vehicle, other blunt trauma), marital status, education, employment, rank, service, age, and years of service. The four neurobehavioral symptom domains were obtained from a factor analysis of the NSI-22 (described under Methods). Neurobehavioral symptom severity scores were dichotomized into ‘none/mild/moderate’ (mean scale score < 3) or ‘severe/very severe’ (mean scale score ≥ 3) groups.
Any isolated diagnosis from the above categories.
Two or more diagnoses included any two of the above categories.
p < .012 (corrected for multiple comparisons)
p < .005 (corrected for multiple comparisons)