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Published in final edited form as: Psychophysiology. 2008 Sep 16;46(1):10.1111/j.1469-8986.2008.00720.x. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2008.00720.x

Table.

Group mean demographic, self-report, and dependent measures for the combat-exposed and combat-unexposed veterans

Full Sample Non-medicated, non-Smoking Subsample
ExP+ (n=37) ExP− (n=47) UxP+ (n=37) UxP− (n=48) ExP+ (n=8) ExP− (n=21) UxP+ (n=13) UxP− (n=21)

Measure M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M(SD) M (SD) M (SD)
Age* 49.6 (2.7) 49.0 (2.2) 49.9 (4.0) 49.0 (2.2) 48.5 (2.5) 49.7 (2.2) 51.5 (5.5) 49.3 (2.2)
Combat Severity 7.4 (2.6) 3.8 (2.5) __ __ 7.3 (3.3) 3.3 (2.2) __ __
Months in Vietnam 12.3 (5.9) 11.9 (3.9) __ __ 12.3 (1.8) 11.1 (2.6) __ __
Mississippi Scale 121.8 (23.9) 72.1 (17.8) __ __ 113.5 (26.3) 67.0 (17.3) __ __
CAPS Total 70.1 (17.7) 7.6 (8.2) __ __ 64.1 (18.8) 6.3 (8.0) __ __
Target P3b Amp 11.0 (4.4) 11.7 (3.8) 11.5 (6.2) 10.9 (4.5) 9.4 (4.5) 13.2 (3.9) 12.9 (5.1) 11.2 (4.1)
Target N2 Latency 232.8 (19.0) 225.0 (16.3) 228.6 (17.0) 225.4 (15.8) __ __ __ __
Mean Reaction Time§ 437.9 (110.8) 432.0 (97.9) 419.9 (81.7) 421.7 (86.4) 459.5 (126.5) 419.5 (75.9) 381.3 (49.7) 429.1 (102.7)

Abbreviations: ExP+=combat exposed twin with PTSD; UxP+=combat unexposed co-twin of twin with PTSD; ExP−=combat-exposed twin without PTSD; UxP−=combat-unexposed co-twin of twin without PTSD; PTSD=posttraumatic stress disorder; CAPS Total=Clinician-Administered PTSD total scale score.

*

Age as of October 1, 1997.

Mississippi Scale for Combat–Related PTSD

The following number of participants had unscorable N2 components: ExP+=11; UxP+=14; ExP−=11; UxP−=12.

§

To the target stimuli, in ms.