Table 3.

Conventional and marginal structural models estimating odds ratios for the association of PTSD duration (in 5 year increments) with incident CVD

	Conventional model			Marginal structural model
	OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI
Duration (in 5 year increments) of at least 1 PTSD symptoms	1.02	0.97	1.07	1.09	1.02	1.16
Duration (in 5 year increments) of at least 1 PTSD symptoms further adjusting for PTSD severity	1.01	0.96	1.06	1.08	1.01	1.15

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; CVD=cardiovascular disease; OR=odds ratio; PTSD=posttraumatic stress disorder.

Note: These analyses include 15,824 women who were trauma exposed and contributed 122,491 observations. All models adjusted for the following confounders: baseline age, race/ethnicity (minority vs not minority status), parental education, home ownership, maternal history of MI or stroke, paternal history of MI or stroke, age, and neighborhood income. PTSD severity was categorized as mild, moderate, or severe.