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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychosom Res. 2016 Apr 11;85:19–25. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.03.126

Table 2.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic conditions by race.

Non-Latino black
 Non-Latino white
Unweighted n
with chronic
condition/total		 Weighted
%		 Unweighted n
with chronic
condition/total		 Weighted
%		 P1
Exposure
DSM-IV PTSD (Lifetime)
    Endorsed 486 8.3 432 6.3 <0.001
    Not endorsed 5564 91.7 6264 93.7
Outcomes
Hypertension
    Yes 1755 33.1 989 24.4 <0.001
    No 3806 66.9 3188 75.6
Obesity
    Yes (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) 1986 34.5 1518 22.9 <0.001
    No (BMI<30 kg/m2) 3923 65.5 5067 77.1
Heart disease
    Yes 388 7.1 241 5.5 0.012
    No 5175 92.9 3935 94.5
Stroke
    Yes 161 3.1 109 2.7 0.37
    No 5402 96.9 4068 97.3
Diabetes
    Yes 608 11.0 274 6.6 <0.001
    No 4959 89.0 3919 93.4
1

Rao-Scott chi-square test or weighted linear regression