Table.
Group mean demographic, self-report, and dependent measures for the combat-exposed and combat-unexposed veterans
Full Sample | Non-medicated, non-Smoking Subsample | |||||||
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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.