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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosomatics. 2015 Jul 29;56(6):674–684. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2015.07.010

TABLE 5.

Adjusted Odds Ratios (AORs) for the Effect of PCL Score on Categories of Health Conditions and Categories of Health Symptoms

Dependent variable AOR for PCL
score*
95% CI for AOR
for PCL score
AOR for PCL
score
Health conditions
  Neoplasms 0.604 0.330–1.107 0.605
  Endocrine disorders 1.773*** 1.314–2.393 1.443
  Nervous system or sensory organ disorders 1.345*** 1.153–1.570 1.361**
  Circulatory system disorders 1.498*** 1.281–1.752 1.582***
  Respiratory system disorders 1.260** 1.091–1.457 1.313**
  Digestive system diseases 1.527*** 1.265–1.844 1.424**
  Genitourinary system disorders 1.282 0.930–1.769 0.839
  Skin disorders 1.215* 1.027–1.436 1.179
  Musculoskeletal system disorders 1.369*** 1.161–1.615 1.303*
  Ill-defined conditions 2.144*** 1.541–2.985 1.239
Health symptoms
  Constitutional symptoms 2.553*** 2.138–3.048 2.470***
  Neurologic symptoms 4.150*** 3.004–5.733 4.600***
  Cardiovascular symptoms 2.720*** 2.273–3.256 2.678***
  Gastrointestinal symptoms 2.140*** 1.767–2.592 1.871***
  Genitourinary symptoms 2.346*** 1.967–2.797 2.083***
  Dermatologic symptoms 1.673*** 1.434–1.953 1.618***
  Musculoskeletal symptoms 3.990*** 2.671–5.959 4.021***
  Dental symptoms 1.749*** 1.500–2.039 1.808***
  Respiratory symptoms 2.349*** 1.975–2.793 2.389***

PCL = z-score from PTSD Checklist

*

Adjusted for age, sex, race, and combat sum.

Adjusted for age, sex, race, combat sum, and depression.

*

p < 0.05.

**

p < 0.01.

***

p < 0.001.