. 2020 Oct 14;11(1):1815280. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2020.1815280

Table 2.

Relation between traumatic stress, traumatic load (assessed by number of traumatic events), PTSD status and surrogate markers of CVD (i.e. mean cIMT and plaque occurrence).

	Mean cIMT		Plaque
	Unad.	Adjusted^a	Unad.	Adjusted^a
	B (SE)	B (SE)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Group
Trauma^b PTSD Trauma load^c	.053 ±.01*.032 ±.02.038 ±.00*	−.004 ±.01 -.013 ±.02 -.006 ±.01	1.85 (1.60–2.13)* 2.06 (1.19–3.54) 1.54 (1.43–1.67)***	.95 (.68–1.33) 1.49 (.64–3.56) 1.31 (.75–2.19)
Trauma load*age^d	.000 ±.00*	.000 ±.00	1.01 (1.01–1.01)***	.99 (.99–1.00)

^aAll regression analyses were adjusted for age, sex, educational level, marital status, smoking, BMI, dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, physical inactivity as well as the interaction between age and traumatic load

^bDenotes trauma exposure in general, i.e. irrespective of PTSD status

^cNumber of types of traumatic experiences

^dinteractions between the number of types of traumatic events and age

* p <.05** p <.01*** p <.001