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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2014 Feb 28;55(9):1047–1055. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12220

Table 3.

Hierarchical logistic regression of characteristics predicting since-tornado prevalence of PTSD and MDE in adolescents.

Step Final model

B SE W OR 95% CI B SE W OR 95% CI
Regression A: PTSD (n=1,493)
Step 1
 Gender −0.36 0.21 2.83 0.70 [.46–1.06] −0.73 0.24 9.40 0.48** [.30–.77]
 Age 0.11 0.06 3.08 1.11 [.99–1.25] 0.03 0.07 0.25 1.03 [.91–1.18]
 African-American 0.44 0.23 3.66 1.56 [.99–2.46] 0.18 0.26 0.50 1.20 [.72–2.00]
 Other race 0.20 0.50 0.16 1.22 [.46–3.21] 0.08 0.52 0.03 1.09 [.39–3.02]
 Household income 0.44 0.24 3.50 1.55 [.98–2.46] −0.07 0.27 0.06 0.94 [.56–1.58]
Step 2
 Prior natural disaster −0.02 0.25 0.01 0.98 [.60–1.62] 0.01 0.26 0.00 1.01 [.60–1.69]
 Prior traumatic events 0.79 0.10 65.78 2.21*** [1.82–2.68] 0.82 0.10 65.03 2.27*** [1.86–2.77]
Step 3
 Time since tornado 0.04 0.05 0.58 1.04 [.95–1.14]
 Present during tornado −0.54 0.37 2.08 0.58 [.28–1.21]
 Physical injury 1.73 0.55 10.06 5.63** [1.94–16.39]
 Concerned about others 0.99 0.33 8.71 2.68** [1.39–5.16]
 Displacement 0.11 0.41 0.07 1.12 [.50–2.48]
 Property damage −0.16 0.09 3.23 0.85 [.71–1.02]
 Loss of services 0.22 0.10 4.86 1.25* [1.03–1.52]

Regression B: MDE (n=1,541)
Step 1
 Gender −0.66 0.20 10.67 0.52** [.35–.77] −1.05 0.22 22.34 0.35*** [.23–.54]

 Age 0.09 0.06 2.61 1.09 [.98–1.22] −0.24 0.06 0.10 1.02 [.91–1.15]

 African-American 0.51 0.22 5.68 1.67* [1.10–2.54] 0.38 0.24 1.00 1.27 [.80–2.02]

 Other race 0.58 0.41 1.98 1.78 [.80–3.97] −0.24 0.44 0.75 1.46 [.62–3.45]

 Income 0.21 0.22 0.87 1.23 [.80–1.90] −0.55 0.25 0.96 0.79 [.48–1.27]

Step 2
 Prior natural disaster −0.52 0.25 4.55 0.59* [.37–.96] 0.90 0.25 4.18 0.58* [.35–.94]

 Prior traumatic events 0.87 0.09 87.11 2.38*** [1.99–2.86] −0.01 0.10 88.03 2.46*** [2.04–2.96]

Step 3
 Time since tornado −0.01 0.04 0.10 0.99 [.91–1.07]

 Present during tornado −0.36 0.36 0.99 0.70 [.35–1.41]

 Physical injury 1.73 0.50 11.96 5.61** [2.11–15.92]

 Concerned about others 0.38 0.26 2.10 1.46 [.87–2.45]

 Displacement 0.07 0.39 0.03 1.07 [.50–2.29]

 Property damage −0.12 0.08 2.14 0.89 [.75–1.04]

 Loss of services 0.09 0.10 0.84 1.09 [.90–1.33]

Note. PTSD=posttraumatic stress disorder. MDE=major depressive episode.