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. 2014 Feb 19;9(2):e87516. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087516

Table 4. Associations between posttraumatic stress responses (IES-R) and independent variables: bivariate and multiple regression analyses.

Associations with IES-R
Daiichi (n = 831) Daini (n = 580)
Bivariate regression Multiple regression Bivariate regression Multiple regression
B SE β p B SE β p B SE β p B SE β p
Sociodemographic factors
Age, years 0.02 0.05 0.02 0.68 0.07 0.05 0.06 0.19
Sex 4.93 2.98 0.06 0.10 6.56 2.12 0.13 0.002** 2.22 1.63 0.04 0.18
Supervisory work status −1.26 1.86 −0.02 0.50 −1.08 1.95 −0.02 0.580
Preexisting illness(es) 3.78 1.53 0.09 0.014* 3.23 1.16 0.07 0.005** 7.78 1.73 0.18 <0.001*** 6.60 1.33 0.15 <0.001***
Disaster-related experiences
Discrimination/slurs 10.5 1.53 0.23 <0.001*** 5.03 1.23 0.11 <0.001*** 10.6 1.85 0.23 <0.001*** 4.11 1.46 0.09 0.005**
Near-death experience 6.34 1.07 0.20 <0.001*** −2.74 0.93 −0.09 0.003** 7.38 1.33 0.22 <0.001*** −1.31 1.12 −0.04 0.24
Escape from tsunami 7.61 1.78 0.15 <0.001*** 2.20 1.42 0.04 0.12 8.23 1.58 0.21 <0.001*** 2.59 1.28 0.07 0.044*
Witnessing of plant explosion(s) 4.31 1.12 0.13 <0.001*** −0.85 0.91 −0.03 0.35 3.43 1.83 0.08 0.062
Family member death(s) 3.44 2.32 0.05 0.14 2.13 2.61 0.03 0.41
Colleague death(s) 4.50 1.37 0.11 0.001** 0.85 1.07 0.02 0.43 −0.05 1.70 0 0.98
Major property loss 5.66 1.16 0.17 <0.001*** 1.00 0.92 0.03 0.28 6.48 1.36 0.19 <0.001***
Home evacuation 3.50 1.18 0.10 0.003** 0.87 0.91 0.03 0.34 2.09 1.22 0.07 0.09 0.23 0.92 0.01 0.81
PDI total score 1.13 0.05 0.66 <0.001*** 1.12 0.05 0.66 <0.001*** 1.13 0.05 0.67 <0.001*** 1.06 0.06 0.63 <0.001***

*p<0.05.

**p<0.01.

***p<0.001.