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. 2017 Aug 24;14(9):957. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14090957

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population at baseline.

Variable N %
Sex Male 29 22.31
Female 101 77.69
Race/Ethnicity (missing n = 2) White 73 57.03
Black 25 19.53
Hispanic Ethnicity 18 14.06
Other/Mixed 12 9.38
Education (missing n = 1) <High School 7 5.43
≥High School 122 94.57
Medical Insurance (missing n = 1) No 11 8.53
Yes 118 91.47
Problem Alcohol Drinkers No 98 75.38
Yes 32 24.62
Current Smoker No 116 89.23
Yes 14 10.77
Mental health History No 94 72.31
Yes 36 27.69
Anxiety (PHQ4 score) <2 65 50.00
≥2 65 50.00
Depression (PHQ4 score) <2 84 64.62
≥2 46 35.38
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (PCL-S) (missing n = 1) <30 92 71.32
≥30 37 28.68
Mental Health problems Never 94 72.31
Before 17 13.08
After 8 6.15
Before and After 11 8.46
Mean ± SD Median Range
Age (years, missing n = 1) 49.73 ± 20.82 52 18–92
Elapsed time between Sandy and Baseline questionnaire (months, missing n = 0) 14.47 ± 3.26 13.13 11.8–27.9
Personal damage score (missing n = 0) 1.25 ± 1.64 1 0–8
Property damage score (missing n = 0) 4.04 ± 3.41 3 0–14
Personal and propertydamage score (missing n = 0) 5.28 ± 4.59 3.5 0–21