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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 8.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Psychiatry. 2014 Oct;71(10):1174–1182. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.999

Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics of the Discovery Cohort and the Replication Cohort

Characteristic %
Discovery Cohort (n = 810) Replication Cohort (n = 2083)
Sex
 Male 84.3 30.1
 Female 15.7 69.9
Age, y
 18–24 37.1 21.8
 25–34 31.3 19.7
 35–44 21.3 18.1
 ≥45 10.4 40.4
Educational level
 Did not complete high school 2.1 22.3
 Completed high school or GED 20.0 41.8
 Some college 38.8 23.8
 College graduate 39.2 12.2
Employment
 Employed 100.0 29.9
 Disability support 0.0 18.7
 Unemployed 0.0 51.4
 Other 0.0 0.0
Marital status
 Married 47.5 11.3
 Single 45.0 75.7
 Other 7.5 12.9
Frequency of types of adult trauma exposure
 Military combat 41.8 2.1
 Sexual assault 8.9 10.5
 Physical assault 29.0 33.8
 Nonperpetrated 28.2 46.5
Frequency of types of childhood trauma exposure
 Sexual abuse 2.7 26.7
 Physical abuse 13.3 21.8
 Emotional abuse 14.9 19.7
No. of childhood adversity categories
 0 73.6 65.8
 1 14.2 24.8
 ≥2 12.2 9.5
Lifetime diagnosis of PTSD 15.1 31.5
Household monthly income, $
 0–499 0.0 35.9
 500–999 0.0 26.6
 1000–1999 16.3 24.9
 2000–3333 21.3 12.7
 3334–5000 37.4 0.0
 ≥5000 25.4 0.0

Abbreviations: GED, general educational development; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder.