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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 30.
Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2016 Dec 8;36(5):411–418. doi: 10.1037/hea0000433

Table 2:

Odds Ratios of Having Frequent Headaches or Migraines Since Hurricane Katrina for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptom Scores and Covariates

Variable Odds ratios of having frequent headaches/migraines since Katrina
Model la Model 2b Model 3C Model 4d
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Impact of Event Scale Avoidance score .91 [.67, 1.23] 1 [.69, 1.45]
Impact of Event Scale Hyperarousal score 1.43 [.97,2.12] 1.14 [.72, 1.82]
Impact of Event Scale Intrusion score 1.55* [1.03, 2.33] 1.93** [1.18,3.16]
Impact of Event Scale total score 2.10*** [1.64,2.68] 2.27*** [1.69,3.04]
Experienced frequent headaches or migraines prior to baseline interview
4.20*** [2.05, 8.60] 4.19*** [2.06, 8.54] 4.19*** [1.86,9.47] 3.99*** [1.79,8.91]
Household received food stamps at baseline 1.26 [.78, 2.04] 1.23 [.76, 1.98] 1.39 [.79, 2.46] 1.39 [.79, 2.44]
Household received cash assistance/welfare at baseline
2.13* [1.06,4.31] 2.04* [1.02,4.10] 2.07 [.91,4.71] 1.97 [.87, 4.43]
Household received unemployment benefits at baseline
1.55 [.57, 4.20] 1.67 [.62, 4.52] 1.27 [.40, 4.04] 1.39 [.44, 4.37]
Race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic White = reference)
 Non-Hispanic Black .7 [.33, 1.47] .7 [.33, 1.47] .66 [.28, 1.56] .63 [.27, 1.49]
 Hispanic .71 [.14,3.57] .73 [.15,3.63] .64 [.11,3.55] .59 [.10,3.27]
 Other race/ethnicity .73 [.13,4.22] .74 [.13,4.07] .47 [.06, 3.77] .5 [.06, 3.98]
Age in years 1.04 [.99, 1.10] 1.04 [.99, 1.10] 1.01 [.95, 1.07] 1.01 [.95, 1.07]
Home flooding depth (feet) .95 [.86, 1.06] .96 [.87, 1.07] .91 [.80, 1.03] .91 [.80, 1.04]
In two pre-Katrina survey waves 1.78 [1.00,3.19] 1.84* [1.04,3.28] 1 [1.00, 1.00] 1 [1.00, 1.00]
Close friend or family member killed as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Rita (no = reference)
1.14 [.61,2.10] 1.19 [.65,2.19]
Hurricane-related home damage (none, minimal, not serious = reference)
 Moderate or substantial home damage .75 [.36, 1.56] .76 [.37, 1.59]
 Enormous home damage/home was destroyed .81 [.36, 1.80] .82 [.37, 1.82]
 Hurricane-related trauma count 1.05 [.96, 1.15] 1.05 [.96, 1.14]

Note. OR= odds ratio; Cl = confidence interval.

a

PTSD symptoms represented by cluster scores, whole sample included (n= 409).

b

PTSD symptoms represented by total score, whole sample included (n= 409).

c

PTSD symptoms represented by cluster scores, adjusted for hurricane trauma count as sensitivity analysis (n= 326).

d

PTSD symptoms represented by total score, adjusted for hurricane trauma count as sensitivity analysis (n= 326).

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p <.001.