Table 1.
Demographic Variables
| No MDD (n = 68) |
MDD (n = 155) |
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| Variable | N | n | % | M | SD | n | % | M | SD | Statistical Test | p |
| Male sex | 223 | 62 | 91.2 | 132 | 85.2 | χ2(1, N = 223) = 1.51 | .219 | ||||
| Age (years) | 223 | 33.88 | 8.53 | 34.34 | 8.16 | t(221) = −0.38 | .703 | ||||
| Non-White race | 223 | 22 | 32.4 | 72 | 46.5 | χ2(1, N = 223) = 5.01 | .082 | ||||
| Hispanic ethnicity | 223 | 8 | 11.8 | 24 | 15.5 | χ2(1, N = 223) = 1.95 | .377 | ||||
| Married | 222 | 34 | 50.8 | 80 | 51.6 | χ2(1, N = 223) = 0.11 | .948 | ||||
| Educational attainment, (years) | 223 | 13.96 | 2.26 | 13.65 | 1.85 | t(221) = 1.08 | .281 | ||||
| Employed full time | 223 | 39 | 57.4 | 75 | 48.4 | χ2(1, N = 223) = 2.87 | .238 | ||||
| Number of deployments | 219 | 2.54 | 1.82 | 2.50 | 2.66 | t(217) = 0.10 | .917 | ||||
| CAPS score | 223 | 70.34 | 12.26 | 80.31 | 14.10 | t(221) = −5.05 | < .001 | ||||
| PCL-S score | 221 | 52.69 | 10.00 | 59.13 | 10.27 | t(219) = −4.32 | < .001 | ||||
| BDI-II score | 220 | 19.09 | 9.38 | 27.20 | 10.58 | t(218) = −5.41 | < .001 | ||||
Note. CAPS = Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale; PCL-S = Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Specific version; BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory–II.