Table 4.

Results from Cox proportional hazards models estimating the association of worsening/no PTSD improvement, small PTSD improvement and large PTSD improvement^a and incident hypertension, hyperlipidemia and ≥5% weight loss among veterans age 18–70 years

	hypertension		hyperlipidemia		≥5% weight loss
	Model 1 Unweighted	Model 2 Weighted b	Model 1 Unweighted	Model 2 Weighted b	Model 1 Unweighted	Model 2 Weighted b
	HR (95% CI)	HR (95% CI)	HR (95% CI)	HR (95% CI)	HR (95% CI)	HR (95% CI)
PCL Change
No change	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Small decrease	0.66 (0.46–0.95)	0.68 (0.46–1.01)	0.92 (0.67–1.26)	1.10 (0.78–1.55)	0.98 (0.79–1.22)	1.07 (0.85–1.36)
Large decrease	0.74 (0.53–1.04)	0.79 (0.53–1.18)	1.04 (0.77–1.40)	1.01 (0.73–1.39)	0.90 (0.72–1.12)	0.95 (0.74–1.22)

HR=hazard ratio; CI=confidence interval; NIM=not in model; HCU=healthcare utilization, ADM=antidepressant

Bold text indicates significant hazard ratio

^a.no/worsening is <10 point PTSD Checklist decrease, small improvement is 10–19 point PCL decrease, large improvement is ≥20 point PCL decrease

^b.Weighted by inverse probability of exposure weighting