Table 2.

Descriptive statistics by current PTSD^a status, for participants who were eligible for the study (N = 50).

	Never or prior PTSD (n=32)		Current PTSD (n=18)
	M or %	SD	M or %	SD	t(df) or χ2	p-value
Female	46.9%	--	50.0%	--	0.05	0.83
Age	43.98	11.60	44.49	13.15	−0.14 (48)	0.89
Hispanic	6.3%	--	5.6%	--	0.01	0.92
Minority	62.5%	--	33.3%	--	3.93	0.05
Veteran	75.0%	--	44.4%	--	4.67	0.03
Education (years)	13.94	2.72	13.78	2.90	0.19 (48)	0.85
FTNDb total score	4.44	2.12	5.83	1.69	−2.39 (48)	0.02
Age at smoking onset	15.67	5.47	14.53	3.86	0.76 (45)	0.45
Urine cotinine category at screeningc	5.13	0.91	5.22	0.81	−0.38 (48)	0.71
Cigarettes per day	13.47	6.03	18.59	7.68	−2.53 (45)	0.02
CAPSd total score (screening)	11.88	14.72	70.33	18.45	−12.3 (48)	<.0001
Number of trauma categories endorsed	7.06	3.22	9.39	4.33	−2.16 (48)	0.04
CES-De total score (pre-quit)	9.30	7.62	27.59	11.75	−5.77 (27.8)	<.0001
History of alcohol dependence/abuse	54.8%	--	58.8%	--	0.07	0.79
Motivation to quit (screening)f	9.15	1.17	9.28	0.83	−0.39	0.70
History of substance dependence/abuse	45.2%	--	58.8%	--	0.82	0.37
History of alcohol or substance dependence / abuse	74.2%	--	82.3%	--	0.41	0.52

^aposttraumatic stress disorder;

^bFagerstrӧm Test for Nicotine Dependence;

^c0=0–10ng/ml, 1= 10–30ng/ml, 2=30–100ng/ml, 3=100–200ng/ml, 4=200–500ng/ml, 5=500–1000ng/ml, 6=>1000ng/ml;

^dClinician Administered PTSD Scale;

^eCenter for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale;

^fContemplation Ladder (score range 0–10)