Table 3.

Weighted Mean PCL Scores for PTSD Trajectory Groups and Status According to Military Service in Theater

	Service in theater
	Yes		No
PTSD status and trajectory	M	95% CI for estimate	M	95% CI for estimate	p
Full diagnosis
Unadjusted					<.001
No PTSD	24.88	[23.77, 25.99]	23.21	[22.57, 23.85]
Early recovery	28.20	[25.73, 30.67]	32.23	[28.35, 36.11]
Late recovery	38.73	[33.69, 43.78]	32.55	[28.04, 37.05]
Late onset	52.95	[48.14, 57.85]	42.69	[37.59, 47.79]
Chronic	49.86	[43.76, 55.96]	47.46	[40.59, 54.32]
Adjusted for military service and demographics					<.001
No PTSD	24.92	[24.03, 25.80]	23.07	[22.41, 23.72]
Early recovery	28.43	[26.48, 30.38]	32.49	[28.31, 36.68]
Late recovery	38.60	[33.57, 43.64]	31.95	[26.84, 37.08]
Late onset	50.94	[46.37, 55.52]	43.12	[38.42, 47.82]
Chronic	49.91	[43.51, 56.31]	47.27	[39.55, 54.99]
Adjusted for military service, demographics, and psychiatric disorders					.001
No PTSD	24.85	[23.97, 25.73]	23.12	[22.48, 23.76]
Early recovery	28.33	[26.33, 30.32]	32.53	[28.32, 36.74]
Late recovery	38.27	[33.36, 43.19]	31.87	[27.10, 36.63]
Late onset	51.11	[46.40, 55.82]	42.98	[38.12, 47.84]
Chronic	49.61	[42.90, 56.31]	47.05	[39.41, 54.69]
Diagnosis plus subthreshold cases
Unadjusted					<.001
No PTSD	23.51	[22.43, 24.59]	22.82	[22.12, 23.52]
Early recovery	27.28	[25.27, 29.29]	27.16	[25.34, 28.98]
Late recovery	34.29	[30.95, 37.63]	27.85	[25.58, 30.11]
Late onset	47.77	[43.01, 52.52]	38.30	[34.15, 42.46]
Chronic	49.46	[45.31, 53.61]	42.83	[38.41, 47.24]
Adjusted for military service and demographics					<.001
No PTSD	23.68	[22.79, 24.58]	22.68	[22.00, 23.40]
Early recovery	27.23	[25.55, 28.92]	26.95	[25.08, 28.83]
Late recovery	34.04	[30.70, 37.38]	27.54	[25.37, 29.72]
Late onset	47.99	[43.84, 52.15]	38.49	[34.14, 42.84]
Chronic	48.79	[44.47, 53.12]	42.32	[37.69, 46.95]
Adjusted for military service, demographics, and psychiatric disorders					<.001
No PTSD	23.57	[22.69, 24.44]	22.73	[22.04, 23.43]
Early recovery	27.39	[25.62, 29.16]	26.99	[25.09, 28.88]
Late recovery	33.72	[30.44, 37.00]	27.74	[25.57, 29.91]
Late onset	48.21	[44.00, 52.42]	38.37	[33.91, 42.82]
Chronic	48.54	[44.03–53.05]	42.34	[37.76, 46.92]

Note. All estimates were adjusted for nonresponse and to the 2010 Vietnam-era population. Subthreshold cases met Criterion C or D according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 1994), but not both in the last 12 months.

Wald test adjusted for weighting.