Table 3:

Association of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms With Baseline Characteristics and Hurricane Katrina Exposure

Variable	PTSD symptoms predicted by baseline characteristics and Hurricane Katrina exposure
	Model 1a		Model 2b		Model 3c		Model 4d
	β	95% CI	β	95% CI	β	95% CI	β	95% CI
Experienced frequent headaches or migraines prior to baseline interview
	−.04	[−.30, .23]	−.07	[−.37, .23]	−.08	[−.35, .20]	.07	[−.24,37]
Household received food stamps at baseline	.12	[−.09, .33]	.14	[−.09, .38]	.13	[−.08,35]	.06	[−.17,30]
Household received cash assistance/welfare at baseline
	.12	[−.17, .41]	.11	[−.22, .43]	.13	[−.17, .43]	.13	[−.20, .46]
Household received unemployment benefits at baseline
	−.05	[−.47, .37]	−.01	[−.49, .46]	−.16	[−.60, .27]	.06	[−.42, .54]
Race/ethnicity (Non-Hispanic White = reference)
Non-Hispanic Black	.45**	[.13, .78]	.44*	[.08, .81]	.44**	[.11, .78]	.49*	[.12, .85]
Hispanic	.83*	[.16, 1.50]	.75	[−.01, 1.51]	.76*	[.06, 1.45]	1.04**	[.27, 1.81]
Other race/ethnicity	.37	[−.37, 1.10]	.35	[−.49, 1.18]	.37	[−.39, 1.14]	.38	[−.47, 1.22]
Age in years	.04***	[.02, .06]	.04**	[.02, .06]	.03**	[.01,.05]	.04***	[.02, .07]
Home flooding depth (feet)	.05*	[.01, .10]	.06*	[.01,.11]	.04	[−.01, .08]	.07**	[.02,. 12]

Note. CI = confidence interval.

^aPTSD symptoms total score, whole sample included (n= 409).

^bPTSD intrusion symptom score, whole sample included (n= 409).

^cPTSD avoidance symptom score, whole sample included (n= 409).

^dPTSD hyperarousal symptom score, whole sample included (n= 409).

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.