Table 1:
Variables | No 12 PTSD | 12m PTSD | p-value # |
---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | ||
Sex | |||
Male | 154 (47.5) | 4 (23.5) | |
Female | 170 (52.5) | 13 (76.5) | 0.053 |
Age (Mean, SD) | 47.22 (16.332) | 48.00 (14.794) | 0.85 |
Ethnicity | |||
White/Caucasic | 293 (90.4) | 12 (70.6) | |
Not white/caucasic | 31 (9.6) | 5 (29.4) | 0.02& |
Marital status | |||
Living with a partner | 244 (75.3) | 12 (70.6) | |
Not living with a partner | 80 (24.7) | 5 (29.4) | 0.66 |
Education | |||
Secondary or higher | 123 (38.0) | 3 (17.6) | |
Primary or lower | 201 (62.0) | 14 (82.4) | 0.09 |
Employment | |||
Working | 172 (53.1) | 4 (23.5) | |
Not working | 152 (46.9) | 13 (76.54) | 0.02 |
Any prior lifetime PTSD | 4 (1.2) | 8 (47.1) | < 0.005 |
Number of any prior lifetime other anxiety disorders (Mean, SD) | 0.10 (0.350) | 0.53 (0.800) | 0.04 |
Number of Any prior lifetime mood disorder (Mean, SD) | 0.12 (0.341) | 0.47 (0.514) | 0.01 |
Number of any prior substance disorder (Mean, SD) | 0.05 (0.274) | 0.18 (0.529) | 0.33 |
Number of any prior lifetime mental disorders (Mean, SD) | 0.27 (0.677) | 1.18 (1.334) | 0.01 |
High Earthquake Exposure (HEE) † | 154 (59.5) | 13 (81.2) | 0.01 |
High Emotional Impact (HEI) ‡ | 189 (57.1) | 14 (87.5) | 0.02 |
Triallelic classification | |||
S’S’ | 108 (33.3) | 5 (29.4) | |
S’L’ | 154 (47.5) | 7 (41.2) | |
L’L’ | 62 (19.1) | 5 (29.4) | 0.58 |
Biallelic classification | |||
SS | 96 (29.6) | 5 (29.4) | |
SL | 160 (49.4) | 7 (41.2) | |
LL | 68 (21.0) | 5 (29.4) | 0.68 |
Chi-squared or Student-T test for categoric or continuous mesures respectivelly.
Include: student, homemaker, retired/disabled, unemployed and others diferent from working.
High Earthquake Exposure (HEE): defined as those with an exposure score above the mean rate of the total sample;
High Emòtional Impact (HEI): defined as those with an Emotional impact above the mean rate of the total sample;
Fisher’s exact test