Table 1.

Socio-demographic, military service, lifestyle, and cardiovascular disease risk factors at Visit 2, by lifetime PTSD status assessed longitudinally.

	No PTSD N =212	Late-Onset PTSD N =34	Longstanding PTSD N=29
Sociodemographic Factors
Age, yrs, mean (SD)	68 (3)	68 (2)	68 (1)
Non-white, %	3.3	6.1	0
Married, %	80	67	55
Years of education, mean (SD)	14 (2)	13 (2)	13 (2)
Employed full time, %	24	15	17
Service in Southeast Asia, %	36	62	86
Lifestyle Factors
Cigarette Smoking, %
Never	39	23	34
Former	47	62	48
Current	15	15	17
Physical Activity (Baecke Score)	7.9 (1.4)	7.7 (1.5)	8.5 (1.1)
Number of alcoholic drinks in average week in past 30 days, mean (SD)	5.1 (10.0)	9.5 (26.5)	6.9 (11.7)
Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Medical History
History diabetes, %	23	35	10
History of hyperlipidemia, %	62	59	62
BMI, mean (SD)	29 (4)	31 (5)	29 (4)
History of hypertension, %	57	73	59
History of coronary heart disease, %	12	18	14
Chest pain in past 4 weeks, %	17	23	28
Other Psychiatric Diagnoses (Lifetime)
Major Depression, %	13	38	69
Alcohol Abuse (with or without dependence), %	17	35	48
Drug Abuse (with or without dependence), %	8	18	24
Current Medications
Aspirin, %	49	38	14
Statins, %	53	47	35
Beta-blockers, %	26	32	7
ACE Inhibitors, %	27	32	17
Antidepressants, %	9	35	52

All data are percentages unless otherwise indicated.

Abbreviations: PTSD: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index; ACE: angiotensin converting enzyme.