Table 1.

Demographic, Military Service, Lifestyle, Clinical and Psychiatric Factors by PTSD Status.

	1992 PTSD Diagnosis
Factors at Baseline (1992)	No PTSD N=3,424	Subthreshold PTSD N=541	PTSD N=375
Demographic Factors
Age
≤39	18.6	20.4	21.8
40-41	19.0	19.2	22.9
42-43	33.5	33.9	35.4
≥44	28.9	26.5	19.9
White Race	91.0	90.7	90.1
Hispanic Ethnicity	2.6	2.5	4.1
Married/Partnered/Widowed	81.1	77.3	75.5
Education
Less than H.S. Graduate	2.6	5.0	4.9
High School Graduate	30.8	30.9	29.5
Some College/Vocational	40.3	42.6	46.0
College Graduate or more	26.4	21.5	19.6
Employment Status
Full Time	94.9	94.2	89.8
Part Time	1.1	1.7	3.4
Unemployed	4.0	4.1	6.8
Military Service Factors
Branch of Service
Army	49.0	52.3	55.3
Navy	26.0	20.6	19.8
Air Force	19.5	17.6	12.8
Marines	5.5	9.5	12.1
Enlistment year
≤1967	33.5	37.0	35.2
1968-69	33.1	33.9	33.1
≥1970	33.3	29.1	31.7
Officer Military Rank at Enlistment	3.6	1.7	1.4
Service in Southeast Asia	34.8	49.8	61.3
Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Cigarette Smoking
Current	30.0	37.2	45.8
Former	33.3	37.6	31.5
Never	36.7	25.2	22.7
Alcohol Consumption
Never Drinker	6.7	5.7	5.3
Former Drinker	31.3	33.2	36.9
<2 per day	47.4	41.4	39.7
≥ 2 per day	14.6	19.7	18.0
Physical Activity
No Physical Activity	11.0	10.0	7.9
Moderate Physical Activity	63.5	63.0	65.8
Vigorous Physical Activity	25.5	27.0	26.3
BMI
< 25	40.6	43.4	35,4
25 – 30	48.1	44.9	53.3
> 30	11.3	11.7	11.3
Hypertension	17.1	19.3	23.4
Cardiovascular Disease	11.3	10.9	17.4
Psychiatric Conditions
Major Depressive Disorder	5.5	13.3	32.7
Generalized Anxiety Disorder	0.9	3.1	10.6
Alcohol Use Disorder	48.6	62.8	72.2
Substance Use Disorder	6.3	12.5	27.1

All data weighed for non-response.