Table 2.

Alcohol and Psychotropic Medication Use at 3 Time Points Relative to WTC Attacks by PTSD Status at 24 Months

Variable	No PTSD at 24 months (n = 1,547)		PTSD at 24 months (n = 134)
	M	SD	M	SD
Binge drinking during past year
12 months before	0.53	0.06	0.70	0.23
12 months after	0.55	0.06	0.80	0.24
24 months after	0.51	0.06	0.87	0.26
Drinks per drinking day past month
12 months before	0.94	0.10	0.95	0.44
12 months after	1.04	0.11	1.49	0.56
24-months after	1.28	0.15	1.85	0.70
Drinks per month during past month
12 months before	7.11	0.96	7.07	3.19
12 months after	7.54	0.96	9.68	3.62
24 months after	8.78	1.02	10.01	3.10
Modified CAGE Questionnaire past year
12 months before	0.04	0.39	0.10	1.79
12 months after	0.08	0.50	0.23	2.19
24 months after	0.07	0.48	0.22	2.30
Psychotropic use days past year
12 months before	14.58	35.03	50.42	248.46
12 months after	13.73	33.52	77.54	309.96
24 months after	20.35	47.64	101.60	371.17

Note. WTC = World Trade Center; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.