Table 3.
Prevalent PTSD according to lifetime exposure to any specific type of traumatic events (N = 2,920)
| Traumatic events | No PTSD (PCL-C < 26) N = 1699 |
PTSD (PCL-C ≥ 26) N = 1221 | ||||
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| N | % | N | % | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) 1 | |
| Any specific type of traumatic events | ||||||
| Serious accident, fire, or explosion | ||||||
| No | 1349 | 79.40 | 930 | 76.17 | Reference | Reference |
| Yes | 348 | 20.48 | 289 | 23.67 | 1.21 (1.01, 1.44) | 1.23 (1.03, 1.48) |
| Natural disaster | ||||||
| No | 1398 | 82.28 | 996 | 81.57 | Reference | Reference |
| Yes | 301 | 17.72 | 225 | 18.43 | 1.05 (0.87, 1.27) | 1.09 (0.90, 1.32) |
| Rape, robbery, or assault | ||||||
| No | 1076 | 63.33 | 714 | 58.48 | Reference | Reference |
| Yes | 623 | 36.67 | 507 | 41.52 | 1.23 (1.06, 1.43) | 1.22 (1.05, 1.43) |
| As a child, sexual or physical abuse | ||||||
| No | 1388 | 81.70 | 687 | 56.27 | Reference | Reference |
| Yes | 309 | 18.19 | 532 | 43.57 | 3.48 (2.94, 4.11) | 3.43 (2.89, 4.07) |
| As an adult, unwanted sexual experiences | ||||||
| No | 1629 | 95.88 | 1037 | 84.93 | Reference | Reference |
| Yes | 70 | 4.12 | 184 | 15.07 | 4.13 (3.10, 5.50) | 4.06 (3.03, 5.43) |
| Adult physical abuse | ||||||
| No | 1037 | 61.04 | 844 | 69.12 | Reference | Reference |
| Yes | 184 | 10.83 | 377 | 30.88 | 2.32 (1.95, 2.77) | 2.31 (1.93, 2.77) |
| Witness a violent death | ||||||
| No | 1464 | 86.17 | 954 | 78.13 | Reference | Reference |
| Yes | 235 | 13.83 | 267 | 21.87 | 1.74 (1.44, 2.12) | 1.77 (1.45, 2.15) |
| In serious danger of losing life or of being seriously injured | ||||||
| No | 1404 | 82.64 | 857 | 70.19 | Reference | Reference |
| Yes | 295 | 17.36 | 363 | 29.73 | 2.02 (1.69, 2.40) | 2.03 (1.70, 2.43) |
| Received news of the mutilation, serious injury, or violent or unexpected death of someone close to them | ||||||
| No | 1099 | 64.69 | 708 | 57.99 | Reference | Reference |
| Yes | 600 | 35.31 | 513 | 42.01 | 1.33 (1.14, 1.54) | 1.30 (1.11, 1.51) |
| Pregnancy complications | ||||||
| No | 859 | 50.56 | 601 | 49.22 | Reference | Reference |
| Yes | 840 | 49.44 | 620 | 50.78 | 1.06 (0.91, 1.22) | 1.08 (0.93, 1.26) |
| Other traumatic events | ||||||
| No | 1612 | 94.88 | 1114 | 91.24 | Reference | Reference |
| Yes | 86 | 5.06 | 107 | 8.76 | 1.80 (1.34, 2.42) | 1.76 (1.30, 2.37) |
| Traumatic events unwilling to specify | ||||||
| No | 1578 | 92.88 | 955 | 78.21 | Reference | Reference |
| Yes | 119 | 7.00 | 266 | 21.79 | 3.69 (2.93, 4.65) | 3.51 (2.78, 4.43) |
Abbreviations: TEQ, traumatic event questionnaire; PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; PCL-C, PTSD CheckList – Civilian; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval
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Adjusted for maternal age (continuous), race/ethnicity (other vs. Mestizo), and difficulty paying for the very basics (hard vs. not very hard)