Table 2.
Prevalent PTSD according to lifetime exposure to traumatic events (N = 2,920)
| Number of traumatic events | No PTSD (PCL-C < 26)<br1>N = 1,699 | PTSD (PCL-C ≥ 26)<br1>N = 1,221 | ||||
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| N | % | N | % | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) 1 | |
| Number of traumatic events2 | 2 [1, 3] | 3 [2, 5] | 1.46 (1.39, 1.53) | 1.46 (1.39, 1.54) | ||
| Number of traumatic events | ||||||
| 1–3 traumatic events | 1353 | 79.64 | 692 | 56.67 | Reference | Reference |
| 4–6 traumatic events | 324 | 19.07 | 421 | 34.48 | 2.54 (2.14, 3.02) | 2.58 (2.16, 3.07) |
| ≥7 traumatic events | 22 | 1.29 | 108 | 8.85 | 9.60 (6.01, 15.32) | 9.33 (5.82, 14.97) |
| P-value for trend | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||
Abbreviations: PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; PCL-C, PTSD CheckList – Civilian; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval
1
Adjusted for maternal age (continuous), race/ethnicity (other vs. Mestizo), and difficulty paying for the very basics (hard vs. not very hard)
2
median [first quartile, third quartile]