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. 2013 Nov;122(4):998–1009. doi: 10.1037/a0034957

Table 1. Demographic and Clinical Characteristics (N = 46).

PTSD (n = 20) Non-PTSD (n = 26) Difference test
Note. PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder; NART = National Adult Reading Test; CAPS = clinician administered PTSD Scale; BDI = Beck Depression Inventory.
Age (years), M (SD) 37.3 (18.1) 35.6 (13.3) F(1, 45) = .13, p = .717
Education (years), M 14.2 (4.1) 14.8 (3.2) F(1, 43) = .24, p = .625
Time since trauma (in months) 68.6 (102.8) 63.0 (101.3) F(1, 44) = .033, p = .856
Female (N) 12 14 χ2(1) = .53, p = .376
Ethnicity
 Caucasian 7 16 χ2(1) = 14, p = .091
 Non-Caucasian 12 10
 No information 1 0
Employment
 Employed/studies 7 10 χ2(1) = .01, p = .912
 Unemployed 12 16
 No information 1 0
Verbal intelligence (NART), M (SD) 25.0 (9.5) 30.4 (7.5) F(1, 44) = 4.57, p = .038
PTSD severity (CAPS), M (SD) 67.4 (10.4) 28.4 (14.0) F(1, 44) = 104.91, p < .001
Depression severity (BDI), M (SD) 25.6 (10.1) 8.6 (7.7) F(1, 44) = 41.0, p < .001