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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2020 Oct 27;6(3):352–359. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2020.10.008

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics.

PTSD at 3-months post-injury
PTSD at 6-months post-injury
N No (n=344) Yes (n=77) p-value No (n=351) Yes (n=70) p-value

Age (Mean (SD)) 421 38.9 (16.5) 37.8 (14.2) .70 39.2 (16.5) 36.6 (13.5) .32

Years of Education (Mean (SD)) 417 14.3 (2.8) 13.2 (2.2) <.001 14.4 (2.7) 12.8 (2.5) <.001
Patient Type 421 .61 .89
 ED Discharge 175 140 (40.7%) 35 (45.5%) 145 (41.3%) 30 (42.9%)  
 Hospital admit no ICU 170 139 (40.4%) 31 (40.3%) 141 (40.2%) 29 (41.4%)
 Hospital admit with ICU 76 65 (18.9%) 11 (14.3%) 65 (18.5%) 11 (15.7%)
Sex 421 .033 .039
 Female 141 107 (31.1%) 34 (44.2%) 110 (31.3%) 31 (44.3%)
 Male 280 237 (68.9%) 43 (55.8%) 241 (68.7%) 39 (55.7%)
Race 418 .054 <.001
 White 309 255 (74.3%) 54 (72%) 264 (75.6%) 45 (65.2%)
 Black 76 57 (16.6%) 19 (25.3%) 53 (15.2%) 23 (33.3%)
 Other 33 31 (9.0%) 2 (2.7%) 32 (9.2%) 1 (1.5%)
Hispanic 419 .73 .86
 No 349 287 (83.7%) 62 (81.6%) 292 (83.4%) 57 (82.6%)
 Yes 70 56 (16.3%) 14 (18.4%) 58 (16.6%) 12 (17.4%)
Injury Cause 421 .024 .020
 Road traffic incident 267 216 (62.8%) 51 (66.2%) 219 (62.4%) 48 (68.6%)
 Incidental fall 91 82 (23.8%) 9 (11.7%) 83 (23.7%) 8 (11.4%)
 Violence/assault 23 15 (4.4%) 8 (10.4%) 15 (4.3%) 8 (11.4%)
 Other 40 31 (9.0%) 9 (11.7%) 34 (9.7%) 6 (8.6%)
Psychiatric History 421 <.001 .002
 No 347 295 (85.8%) 52 (67.5%) 299 (85.2%) 48 (68.6%)
 Yes 74 49 (14.2%) 25 (32.5%) 52 (14.8%) 22 (31.4%)
Prior TBI 420 .003 .019
 No 276 237 (69.1%) 39 (50.7%) 239 (68.3%) 37 (52.9%)
 Yes 144 106 (30.9%) 38 (49.4%) 111 (31.7%) 33 (47.1%)
CT 417 .26 .028
 CT− 299 240 (70.4%) 59 (77.6%) 241 (69.5%) 58 (82.9%)
 CT+ 118 101 (29.6%) 17 (22.4%) 106 (30.6%) 12 (17.1%)
MRI 421 .80 .19
 MRI− 234 190 (55.2%) 44 (57.1%) 190 (54.1%) 44 (62.9%)
 MRI+ 187 154 (44.8%) 33 (42.9%) 161 (45.9%) 26 (37.1%)
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