Table 1. Health-Related Characteristics at the Time of PTSD and Depression Assessment, Among 51 602 Women.
| Characteristica | Women, No. (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Without depression | With depression | |||||||||
| No trauma (n = 8890) | PTSD symptoms, No. | No trauma (n = 1215) | PTSD symptoms, No. | |||||||
| 0 (n = 13 385) | 1-3 (n = 12 513) | 4-5 (n = 4359) | 6-7 (n = 1926) | 0 (n = 1700) | 1-3 (n = 2949) | 4-5 (n = 2572) | 6-7 (n = 2093) | |||
| Age, mean (SD), y | 53.2 (4.7) | 53.4 (4.7) | 53.3 (4.6) | 53.3 (4.6) | 53.3 (4.5) | 53.2 (4.8) | 53.3 (4.7) | 53.2 (4.6) | 53.5 (4.5) | 53.6 (4.4) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||
| White | 8649 (97.3) | 12 985 (97.0) | 12 143 (97.0) | 4257 (97.7) | 1876 (97.4) | 1181 (97.2) | 1658 (97.5) | 2861 (97.0) | 2498 (97.1) | 2029 (96.9) |
| Black | 77 (0.9) | 166 (1.2) | 150 (1.2) | 32 (0.7) | 8 (0.4) | 9 (0.7) | 17 (1.0) | 28 (0.9) | 28 (1.1) | 21 (1.0) |
| Asian | 134 (1.5) | 183 (1.4) | 150 (1.2) | 32 (0.7) | 25 (1.3) | 23 (1.9) | 15 (0.9) | 32 (1.1) | 18 (0.7) | 17 (0.8) |
| Childhood socioeconomic status | ||||||||||
| Parent education, ≤high school | 4794 (53.9) | 7371 (55.1) | 6544 (52.3) | 2298 (52.7) | 998 (51.8) | 710 (58.4) | 986 (58.0) | 1622 (55.0) | 1357 (52.8) | 1136 (54.3) |
| Parent occupation, blue collar | 3979 (44.8) | 6195 (46.3) | 5843 (46.7) | 2012 (46.2) | 901 (46.8) | 579 (47.7) | 833 (49.0) | 1419 (48.1) | 1147 (44.6) | 1001 (47.8) |
| Parent owned home | 4743 (53.4) | 7066 (52.8) | 6306 (50.4) | 2203 (50.5) | 974 (50.6) | 595 (49.0) | 824 (48.5) | 1472 (49.9) | 1279 (49.7) | 1022 (48.8) |
| BMI | ||||||||||
| <25 | 3998 (45.0) | 5930 (44.3) | 5399 (43.1) | 1868 (42.9) | 786 (40.8) | 489 (40.2) | 604 (35.5) | 1032 (35.0) | 904 (35.1) | 732 (35.0) |
| 25 to <30 | 2543 (28.6) | 3808 (28.4) | 3565 (28.5) | 1224 (28.1) | 549 (28.5) | 350 (28.8) | 495 (29.1) | 839 (28.5) | 721 (28.0) | 570 (27.2) |
| ≥30 | 1985 (22.3) | 3171 (23.7) | 3096 (24.7) | 1106 (25.4) | 508 (26.4) | 326 (26.8) | 521 (30.6) | 967 (32.8) | 854 (33.2) | 699 (33.4) |
| Smokingb | ||||||||||
| Never | 6386 (71.8) | 9114 (68.1) | 8312 (66.4) | 2765 (63.4) | 1147 (59.6) | 814 (67.0) | 1060 (62.4) | 1807 (61.3) | 1520 (59.1) | 1152 (55.0) |
| Former | 2115 (23.8) | 3563 (26.6) | 3551 (28.4) | 1323 (30.4) | 648 (33.6) | 322 (26.5) | 498 (29.3) | 878 (29.8) | 817 (31.8) | 706 (33.7) |
| Current | 389 (4.4) | 708 (5.3) | 650 (5.2) | 271 (6.2) | 131 (6.8) | 79 (6.5) | 142 (8.4) | 264 (9.0) | 235 (9.1) | 235 (11.2) |
| Physical activity, lowest category (<3 metabolic equivalent h/wk)c | 1249 (14.0) | 1939 (14.5) | 1711 (13.7) | 553 (12.7) | 277 (14.4) | 234 (19.3) | 357 (21.0) | 553 (18.8) | 511 (19.9) | 411 (19.6) |
| Marital statusd | ||||||||||
| Married | 7092 (79.8) | 10 746 (80.3) | 9935 (79.4) | 3164 (72.6) | 1361 (70.7) | 823 (67.7) | 1201 (70.6) | 2057 (69.8) | 1663 (64.7) | 1229 (58.7) |
| Divorced or separated | 717 (8.1) | 1216 (9.1) | 1258 (10.1) | 643 (14.8) | 295 (15.3) | 202 (16.6) | 250 (14.7) | 500 (17.0) | 527 (20.5) | 519 (24.8) |
| Never married | 533 (6.0) | 560 (4.2) | 576 (4.6) | 213 (4.9) | 95 (4.9) | 97 (8.0) | 105 (6.2) | 204 (6.9) | 175 (6.8) | 138 (6.6) |
| Widowed | 139 (1.6) | 185 (1.4) | 286 (2.3) | 180 (4.1) | 88 (4.6) | 33 (2.7) | 40 (2.4) | 96 (3.3) | 133 (5.2) | 122 (5.8) |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder.
a
Parents’ education and occupation were assessed in 2005; BMI, smoking, and physical activity were assessed in 2007; marital status was assessed in 2008.
b
Data missing for 56 women (0.1%).
c
Data missing for 2021 women (3.9%).
d
Data missing for 2206 women (4.3%).