From: Associations of military divorce with mental, behavioral, and physical health outcomes
Recently divorced | Stayed married | Total | ||||
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N = 1545 | N = 27,769 | N = 29,314 | ||||
Outcomeb | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) |
Mental health | ||||||
New-onset posttraumatic stress disorderb | 74 | 4.79 | 597 | 2.15 | 671 | 2.29 |
New-onset depressionc | 47 | 3.04 | 431 | 1.55 | 478 | 1.63 |
Anxiety/Panicc | 47 | 3.04 | 476 | 1.72 | 523 | 1.78 |
Behavioral | ||||||
Smoking initiation | 15 | 0.97 | 125 | 0.45 | 140 | 0.48 |
Smoking recidivism | 53 | 3.43 | 685 | 2.47 | 738 | 2.52 |
New-onset alcohol-related problemsc | 62 | 4.01 | 727 | 2.62 | 789 | 2.69 |
New-onset binge drinkingd | 183 | 11.84 | 2846 | 10.25 | 3029 | 10.33 |
Physical health | ||||||
New-onset hypertension | 84 | 5.44 | 1646 | 5.93 | 1730 | 5.90 |
New-onset diabetes | 8 | 0.52 | 205 | 0.74 | 213 | 0.73 |
Weight changee | ||||||
Extreme weight loss | 46 | 2.98 | 572 | 2.06 | 618 | 2.11 |
Moderate weight loss | 169 | 10.94 | 3013 | 10.85 | 3182 | 10.85 |
Stable weight | 572 | 37.02 | 12490 | 44.98 | 13062 | 44.56 |
Moderate weight gain | 522 | 33.79 | 7949 | 28.63 | 8471 | 28.90 |
Extreme weight gain | 120 | 7.77 | 1634 | 5.88 | 1754 | 5.98 |
Functional health | ||||||
Mental component summary scoref | ||||||
Lowest 15th percentile | 242 | 15.66 | 2761 | 9.94 | 3003 | 10.24 |
Middle 70th percentile | 1061 | 68.67 | 19563 | 70.45 | 20624 | 70.36 |
Highest 15th percentile | 221 | 14.30 | 4999 | 18.00 | 5220 | 17.81 |
Physical component summary scoref | ||||||
Lowest 15th percentile | 211 | 13.66 | 3633 | 13.08 | 3884 | 13.11 |
Middle 70th percentile | 1031 | 66.73 | 19928 | 71.76 | 20959 | 71.50 |
Highest 15th percentile | 282 | 18.25 | 3762 | 13.55 | 4044 | 13.80 |
Military related outcomes | ||||||
Deploymentg | 541 | 38.26 | 8693 | 31.30 | 9234 | 31.64 |
Military separationh | 205 | 13.27 | 3929 | 14.15 | 4134 | 14.10 |