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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Imaging Behav. 2020 Aug;14(4):1208–1220. doi: 10.1007/s11682-019-00059-x

Table 1.

Sample demographics at time of structural magnetic resonance (MRI) brain imaging (Time 2)

Variable Mean (SD) or N (%)
Age (Time 1) 38 years (SD=2.7); range 32–44
Age (Time 2) 61.8 years (SD 2.4); range 56–67
Lifetime education 13.8 (SD 2.1); Associates degree/some college
Lifetime main occupation 5.5 (SD 1.8); Small business owner
Own income 5.5 (SD 2.9); $50,000-$59,999 per year
Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression 6.5 (SD 7.4)
Ethnicity (non-Hispanic White) 361 (87.4%)
Childhood trauma (# events rated as severe)
          0 events 325 (78.9%)
          1 event   57 (13.8%)
          >1 event   30 (7.3%)
Time 1 PTS symptoms 22.7 (SD 7.8); range 13–57 out of 65
Time 2 PTS symptoms 25.0 (SD 9.6); range 17–74 out of 85
Combat exposures (# types of exposures)
   Not in South East Asia 266 (64.4%)
   In South East Asia, no exposure   33 ( 7.9%)
          1–5 exposures   77 (18.6%)
          6–16 exposures   37 ( 8.9%)
Recent life events (past 2 years) 9.0 (SD 7.6); range 0–55
APOE ε 4 carrier 100 (24.9%)
Alcohol drinks in past 2 weeks
   None 175 (36%)
   <= 1 per day 213 (44%)
   >1 but <2 per day   38 (8%)
   2 to <3 per day   25 (5%)
   >= 3 per day   38 (8%)
Ever smoked 249 (60.3%)
Chronic health conditions (# of conditions)
          0 conditions 105 (25.4%)
          1 condition 176 (42.6%)
          2 conditions   83 (20.1%)
          >2 conditions   49 (11.9%)
Any traumatic head injury with loss of consciousness 105 (25%)