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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 8.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2003 Oct 1;54(7):693–702. doi: 10.1016/s0006-3223(03)00634-6

Table 1.

Patient Demographics and Clinical Characteristics

Men (n = 9)
Women (n = 14)
Total (n = 23)
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Age (years) 47.2 6.0 44.0 9.7 45.3 8.4
Years of Education 15.3 2.8 15.8 3.1 15.6 2.9
Race
 Caucasian 8 13 21
 African American 1 0 1
 Hispanic 0 1 1
 Asian 0 0 0
 Other 0 0 0
Age of Onset
 <18 3 9 12
 ≥18 6 5 11
Trauma
 Childhood sexual abuse 2 8 10
 Childhood physical abuse 2 1 3
 Assault 1 3 4
 Combat 2 0 2
 Witness Death 1 1 2
 Motor vehicle accident 1 0 1
 Torture 0 1 1
PTSD Diagnosis
 Only diagnosis 6.0 7.0 13
Comorbidity
 Comorbidity 3.0 7.0 10
 MDD-current 2.0 3.0 5
 MDD-lifetime 3.0 8.0 11
 Dysthymia 0.0 1.0 1
 PD w/o agoraphobia 1.0 1.0 2
 GAD 2.0 3.0 5
 Social phobia 1.0 2.0 3
ETI
 Trauma 18.0 8.6 23.2 15.2 21.4 13.4
 Physical 14.4 7.2 11.3 10.1 12.3 9.2
 Emotional 23.8 10.2 18.8 14.7 20.5 13.7
 Sexual 10.8 7.8 11.7 12.2 11.0 10.7
 Sum score 67.4 23.9 64.5 40.9 65.4 35.5
WAIS-R
 Verbal 111.7 21.7 112.5 21.8 122.2 21.2
 Performance 109.3 14.4 104.8 17.0 106.5 15.9
 Full scale 116.0 12.7 106.9 14.4 110.2 14.2
CAPS
 Intrusion 24.1 6.8 24.4 10.2 24 8.5
 Avoidance 33.1 9.4 33.2 13.1 33 11.3
 Arousal 24.7 7.6 23.6 9.8 24 8.7
 Total 82.0 21.9 81.3 30.9 82 26.4

PTSD, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; MDD, major depressive disorder; PD, panic disorder; GAD, generalized anxiety disorder; ETI, Early Trauma Inventory; WAIS-R, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised; CAPS, Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale.