Table 1.
Variable | Total (N = 255a) | mTBI (n = 99) | No mTBI (n = 156) | χ2 or t | |||
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n or M | % or SD | n or M | % or SD | n or M | % or SD | ||
Age | 32.24 | 8.48 | 31.17 | 7.41 | 32.91 | 9.05 | 1.67 |
Males | 227 | 89.0 | 92 | 92.9 | 135 | 86.5 | 2.53 |
Education (years) | 13.87 | 1.90 | 13.67 | 1.82 | 13.99 | 1.94 | 1.28 |
Race | |||||||
White | 178 | 69.8 | 71 | 71.7 | 107 | 68.6 | 3.91 |
Black | 25 | 9.8 | 10 | 10.1 | 15 | 9.6 | |
Hispanic | 41 | 16.1 | 16 | 16.2 | 25 | 16.0 | |
Other | 7 | 2.7 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 3.2 | |
Unknown/missing | 4 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.6 | |
Service Branch | |||||||
Army | 67 | 26.4 | 34 | 34.7 | 33 | 21.2 | 8.95 |
Navy | 7 | 2.8 | 3 | 3.1 | 4 | 2.6 | |
Marines | 35 | 13.8 | 16 | 16.3 | 19 | 12.2 | |
Air Force | 13 | 5.1 | 4 | 4.1 | 9 | 5.8 | |
National Guard | 101 | 39.8 | 33 | 33.7 | 68 | 43.6 | |
Reserves | 31 | 12.2 | 8 | 8.2 | 23 | 14.7 | |
Deployments | |||||||
Number | 1.40 | 0.70 | 1.47 | 0.84 | 1.35 | 0.60 | −1.26 |
Months | 14.32 | 8.54 | 15.44 | 9.73 | 13.61 | 7.63 | −1.59 |
Months since last | 34.56 | 28.40 | 37.02 | 28.90 | 33.49 | 28.09 | −0.97 |
Combat exposure | 15.85 | 11.84 | 21.77 | 11.9 | 12.25 | 10.27 | −6.60*** |
n of military mTBIs | 0.65 | 1.32 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 1.66 | |
PTSD | 146 | 57.3 | 76 | 76.7 | 70 | 44.9 | 25.18*** |
Depressive disorders | 74 | 29.0 | 41 | 41.4 | 33 | 21.2 | 12.07*** |
Major | 70 | 27.5 | 38 | 38.4 | 32 | 20.5 | 9.71** |
Other | 4 | 1.6 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 2.24 |
Anxiety disorders | 50 | 19.6 | 15 | 15.2 | 35 | 22.4 | 2.04 |
Panicr | 17 | 6.7 | 8 | 8.1 | 9 | 5.8 | 0.52 |
Social phobia | 16 | 6.3 | 3 | 3.0 | 13 | 8.3 | 2.90 |
GAD | 16 | 6.3 | 3 | 3.0 | 13 | 8.3 | 2.90 |
Other | 15 | 5.9 | 6 | 6.1 | 9 | 5.8 | 0.01 |
Substance use disordersb | 39 | 15.3 | 19 | 19.2 | 20 | 12.8 | 1.90 |
Alcohol | 37 | 14.5 | 18 | 18.2 | 19 | 12.2 | 1.76 |
Other | 7 | 2.8 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 3.2 | 0.32 |
Current pain | 161 | 67.91 | 71 | 79.8 | 90 | 60.8 | 9.18** |
30-day average pain | 29.31 | 25.28 | 35.95 | 26.68 | 25.40 | 23.65 | −3.13** |
Sleep disturbance | 182 | 74.3 | 78 | 83.9 | 104 | 68.4 | 7.21** |
Sleep quality | 9.36 | 4.75 | 10.82 | 4.90 | 8.47 | 4.43 | −3.87*** |
n Psych/behav conditions | 2.56 | 1.49 | 3.03 | 1.35 | 2.26 | 1.50 | −4.17*** |
3+ comorbidities | 130 | 51.0 | 67 | 67.7 | 63 | 40.4 | 18.05*** |
Note. The percentages displayed in this table are column percentages. TBI = traumatic brain injury; mTBI = mild traumatic brain injury; GAD = generalized anxiety disorder; Psych/behav = psychiatric or behavioral.
n ranged from 237 to 255 due to missing data.
Abuse or dependence.
p < .05.
p < .01.
p < .001.