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Table 4 Adjusteda odds of health and military outcomes by timing of divorceb

From: Associations of military divorce with mental, behavioral, and physical health outcomes

 

<1 year since divorce

1-2 years since divorce

Outcomec

AOR

(95 % CI)

AOR

(95 % CI)

Mental health

    

 New-onset posttraumatic stress disorderd

3.27j

(1.56, 6.86)

1.79

(0.82, 3.92)

 New-onset depressione

1.16

(0.53, 2.53)

1.19

(0.54, 2.60)

Behavioral

    

 Smoking initiation

0.83

(0.25, 2.78)

0.53

(0.14, 2.04)

 New-onset alcohol-related problemse

2.24j

(1.11, 4.53)

1.07

(0.50, 2.29)

 New-onset binge drinkingf

1.90j

(1.18, 3.06)

0.53j

(0.31, 0.90)

Physical health

    

 Weight changeg

    

  Extreme weight loss

1.82

(0.80, 4.14)

0.93

(0.37, 2.31)

  Moderate weight loss

1.54

(0.97, 2.43)

0.93

(0.57, 1.51)

  Stable weight

1.00

-

1.00

-

  Moderate weight gain

0.85

(0.62, 1.16)

0.93

(0.69, 1.27)

  Extreme weight gain

0.41j

(0.23, 0.71)

0.87

(0.54, 1.41)

Functional health

    

 Physical component summary scoreh

    

  Lowest 15th percentile

0.86

(0.57, 1.29)

0.90

(0.60, 1.34)

  Middle 70th percentile

1.00

-

1.00

-

  Highest 15th percentile

1.32

(0.92, 1.88)

0.96

(0.67, 1.38)

Military related outcomes

    

 Deploymenti

1.17

(0.87, 1.56)

1.05

(0.79, 1.40)

  1. a Full models were adjusted for all variables: sex, birth year, education, race/ethnicity, baseline smoking status, history of potential alcohol dependence, body mass index, baseline MCS and PCS, combat deployment, pay grade, service component, service branch, occupation
  2. b Marital status assessed from baseline to first follow-up, where those who were “recently divorced” were married at their baseline survey and got divorced before their follow-up survey. The reference category is > 2 years since divorce
  3. c In outcomes without a reference indication, the reference category is “No”
  4. d Posttraumatic stress disorder is defined using the PTSD checklist-civilian version, specific criteria with a cutoff of 50
  5. e Assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire
  6. f Binge drinking is defined as reporting five or more drinks per occasion for men or four or more drinks per occasion for women on at least 1 day during the past year
  7. g Extreme weight loss (≥10 % loss), moderate weight loss (between 3 % and 10 % loss), stable weight (within ± 3 %), moderate weight gain (between 3 % and 10 % gain), and extreme weight gain (≥10 % gain)
  8. h Physical component summary score are obtained from the Short Form-36 Question Health Survey for Veterans (SF-36 V)
  9. i Deployment was assessed from baseline until the follow-up for those in the “stayed married” and assessed until 3 years after divorce event for the “recently divorced” population
  10. j Adjusted Odds Ratio was found to be statistically significant
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BMC Psychiatry

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