Table 1.
Distribution of socio-demographic factors and medical comorbidities among 228,367 VA patients.
| Full sample | No psychiatric disorders | Other psychiatric disorders | PTSD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 228,367 | n = 105,405 (46.2) | n = 64,395 (28.2) | n = 58,567 (25.6) | ||
| Covariate | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | p-value |
| Age, m (SD), in years | 60.6 (16.3) | 65.2 (15.4) | 58.4 (16.1) | 54.7 (15.7) | <0.001 |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 23,901 (10.5) | 6854 (6.5) | 8739 (13.6) | 8308 (14.2) | <0.001 |
| Male | 204,466 (89.5) | 98,551 (93.5) | 55,656 (86.4) | 50,259 (85.8) | |
| Race | |||||
| Black or African American | 51,205 (22.4) | 20,510 (19.5) | 15,451 (24.0) | 15,244 (26.0) | <0.001 |
| White | 153,910 (67.4) | 74,174 (70.4) | 42,810 (66.5) | 36,926 (63.0) | |
| Othera or Unknown | 23,252 (10.2) | 10,721 (10.2) | 6134 (9.5) | 6397 (10.9) | |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Hispanic or Latinx | 22,285 (9.8) | 8393 (8.0) | 6273 (9.7) | 15,244 (26.0) | <0.001 |
| Not Hispanic or Latinx | 197,629 (86.5) | 92,498 (87.8) | 55,938 (86.9) | 49,193 (84.0) | |
| Unknown | 8453 (3.7) | 4514 (4.3) | 2184 (3.4) | 1755 (3.0) | |
| Obese (BMI ≥ 35) | 52,046 (22.8) | 22,199 (21.1) | 15,092 (23.4) | 14,755 (25.2) | <0.001 |
| Medical comorbidities | |||||
| Diabetes | 79,090 (34.6) | 39,358 (37.3) | 21,702 (33.7) | 18,030 (30.8) | <0.001 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 74,222 (32.5) | 36,251 (34.4) | 21,691 (33.7) | 16,280 (27.8) | <0.001 |
| Obstructive sleep apnea | 73,127 (32.0) | 26,271 (24.9) | 22,163 (34.4) | 24,693 (42.2) | <0.001 |
| COPD | 35,488 (15.5) | 15,533 (14.7) | 11,232 (17.4) | 8723 (14.9) | <0.001 |
| Cancer | 40,769 (17.9) | 20,260 (19.2) | 11,500 (17.9) | 9009 (15.4) | <0.001 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 31,693 (13.9) | 16,276 (15.4) | 9048 (14.1) | 6369 (10.9) | <0.001 |
| Liver disease | 15,162 (6.6) | 5446 (5.2) | 5160 (8.0) | 4556 (7.8) | <0.001 |
| HIV | 1845 (0.8) | 621 (0.6) | 756 (1.2) | 468 (0.8) | <0.001 |
| Smoking | |||||
| Current or former smoker | 139,635 (61.1) | 64,705 (61.4) | 39,749 (61.7) | 35,181 (60.1) | <0.001 |
| Never smoker | 88,732 (38.9) | 40,700 (38.6) | 24,646 (38.3) | 23,386 (39.9) |
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, VA U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
aOther race includes American Indian Or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian Or Other Pacific Islander.