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. 2012 Dec 28;12:1124. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1124

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of cross-sectional clinical veteran sample

 
Cross-sectional clinical sample
Military community sample
  1 Yr (n = 253) 2 Yr (n = 162) 3 Yr (n = 106) 4 Yr+ (n = 157) n = 768
Gender (%)
 
 
 
 
 
F = Female
F: 13.0%
F: 12.9%
F: 12.3%
F: 16.6%
F: 10.8%
M = Male
M: 87.0%
M: 87.1%
M: 87.7%
M: 83.4%
M: 89.2%
Age (mean ± SD)
32.5±9.8
32.0±9.6
32.0±10.3
34.8±9.7
28.0±8.3
Military Component (%)
 
 
 
 
 
Active Duty
25.3%
42.9%
54.4%
48.4%
-
Reserve/National Guard
74.7%
57.1%
45.6%
51.6%
100%
Military Branch (%)
 
 
 
 
 
Navy
6.3%
5.5%
8.5%
13.4%
-
Air Force
1.6%
4.3%
5.7%
10.8%
-
Marine Corps
15.8%
24.5%
29.2%
17.8%
-
Army
75.9%
65.6%
55.7%
56.7%
100%
Coast Guard
-
-
-
1.3%
-
Probable PTSD (%)
29.8%
31.3%
45.8%
46.6%
-
Physical Component Summary score
46.5±9.6
45.9±10.9
44.5±9.1
42.3±11.8
Pre: 55.5±5.2
 
 
 
 
 
0 Post: 53.2±7.3
 
 
 
 
 
1yr Post: 52.2±8.6
Physical Function subscale
46.5±10.1
45.6±10.7
43.9±10.2
41.8±11.8
Pre: 52.4±7.4
 
 
 
 
 
0 Post: 49.4±8.3
 
 
 
 
 
1 yr Post: 48.5±9.8
Role Physical subscale
45.8±10.8
45.3±12.2
41.1±12.9
40.2±13.1
Pre: 54.6±7.3
 
 
 
 
 
0 Post: 50.3±9.1
 
 
 
 
 
1 yr Post: 49.6±9.8
Bodily Pain subscale
42.4±10.8
42.5±11.5
41.1±11.2
38.8±11.1
Pre: 55.3±3.9
 
 
 
 
 
0 Post: 53.3±6.7
 
 
 
 
 
1 yr Post: 51.8±8.9
General Health subscale
43.2±10.7
41.9±11.1
39.7±10.4
38.7±11.9
Pre: 53.2±5.9
 
 
 
 
 
0 Post: 52.4±6.8
          1 yr Post: 50.5±9.2