Table 2. Questionnaire scores and deployment, demographic and pre-deployment characteristics of the total sample, and the sample divided based on depressive symptoms 6 months after return from deployment.

	Total sample(n = 1023)	Depressive symptoms6 months after deployment (n = 68)	No depressivesymptoms6 months afterdeployment (n = 665)	P
SCL-90 depression score T0(range: 16–80)	18.06 (3.15)	22.15 (5.47)	17.55 (2.33)	<.001
SCL-90 depression score T1(range: 16–80)	18.30 (3.83)	24.63 (5.87)	17.71 (3.10)	<.001
SCL-90 depression score T2(range: 16–80)	18.34 (4.16)	29.12 (5.39)	17.24 (1.75)	<.001
SRIP (PTSD) total score T2(range: 22–88)	27.79 (7.15)	40.44 (10.88)	26.54 (5.21)	<.001
Nr. Of deployment stressors (range: 0–13)	4.77 (2.55)	5.63 (2.40)	4.75 (2.55)	.013
Age during deployment	28.44 (8.89)	29.54 (8.84)	28.98 (9.20)	.629
Nr. Of previous deployments	0.83 (1.16)	1.08 (1.31)	0.92 (1.23)	.268
Gender				.729
Male	931 (91.0%)	61 (98.7%)	605 (91%)
Female	92 (9.0%)	7 (10.3%)	60 (9%)
Education				.675
Low	371 (40.0%)	29 (44.6%)	242 (39.2%)
Middle	454 (48.9%)	28 (43.1%)	299 (48.5%)
High	103 (11.1%)	8 (12.3%)	76 (12.3%)
Rank during deployment				.844
Soldier	400 (40.2%)	24 (35.3%)	246 (37.1%)
Corporal	206 (20.7%)	16 (23.5%)	134 (20.2%)
Non-commissioned officer	255 (25.7%)	20 (29.4%)	185 (27.9%)
Officer	133 (13.4%)	8 (11.8%)	98 (14.8%)
BMI T0	24.71 (2.78)	25.54 (3.41)	24.70 (2.74)	.028
Smoking T0 (yes)	407 (44.5%)	28 (43.8%)	258 (42.2%)	.814
Alcohol use T0				.786
None	93 (10.3%)	7 (11.3%)	63 (10.5%)
0–20 units/week	754 (83.9%)	50 (80.6%)	502 (83.5%)
>20 units/week	52 (5.8%)	5 (8.1%)	36 (6.0%)
Medication use T0 (yes)	56 (5.5%)	3 (4.4%)	42 (6.3%)	.533
Season of assessment T0				.181
Spring	343 (33.5%)	27 (39.7%)	204 (30.7%)
Summer	102 (10.0%)	9 (13.2%)	67 (10.1%)
Autumn	308 (30.1%)	13 (19.1%)	202 (30.4%)
Winter	270 (26.4%)	19 (27.9%)	192 (28.9%)