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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2015 Aug 29;70:58–66. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.08.015

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants

CV+PTSD (n=20) CV−PTSD (n=25) χ2 or t p
Sex - n (%) male 19 (95.0) 24 (96.0) 0.03 ns
Race - n (%) minority 6 (30.0) 3 (12.0) 2.76 ns
Smokers - n (%) regular users 7 (35.0) 4 (16.0) 4.67 ns
Employment - n (%) employed 12 (60.0) 15 (60.0) 0.23 ns
Age in years (mean ± SD) 30.5±8.6 30.6±7.1 0.00 ns
Education in years (mean ± SD) 14.4±1.1 14.8±2.3 0.50 ns
Combat Exposure (mean ± SD) 20.8±7.5 20.0±10.0 0.31 ns
CAPS total score (mean ± SD) 59.4±23.1 14.8±12.4 8.30 <.001

CV+PTSD = combat veteran with PTSD, CV−PTSD = combat veteran without PTSD

CAPS=Clinician Administered PTSD Scale

Combat Exposure Scale (Keane et al., 1989)