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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2012 Jul 16;46(12):1595–1599. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.06.011

Table 1.

Characteristics of 724 Study Patients According to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Diagnosis

Characteristic No Current PTSD N=473 Current PTSD N=251 P value
Demographics
 Age, mean (SD), in years 58.7 (12.0) 57.9 (10.2) 0.57
 Female sex 14 (3.0) 26 (10.4) <0.001
 White race 272 (58.2) 149 (61.1) 0.47
 Annual income < $20,000 157 (33.4) 71 (28.4) 0.17
 College graduate 143 (30.3) 71 (28.3) 0.57
Psychosocial
 Depression (PHQ-9 ≥ 10) 70 (14.8) 150 (59.8) <0.001
 MSPSS social support score, mean (SD) 43.5 (12.2) 36.5 (12.5) <0.001
 At-risk alcohol use (AUDIT-C ≥ 3 in women, ≥ 4 in men) 207 (44.7) 88 (36.4) 0.03
Medical History
 Hypercholesterolemia 233 (49.4) 144 (57.4) 0.04
 Hypertension 222 (46.9) 149 (59.4) 0.001
 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 77 (16.3) 57 (22.7) 0.03
 Diabetes mellitus 73 (15.4) 55 (21.9) 0.03
 Prior heart attack 41 (8.7) 35 (13.9) 0.03

Abbreviations: PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; MSPSS, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support; PHQ-9, 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire; AUDIT-C, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test consumption questions

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Data are presented as number (%) unless otherwise specified