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Table 3 Adjusted Odds of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder from a Reduced Multivariable Logistic Regression Model

From: Risk Factors for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Deployed US Male Marines

 

Study Population

N= 706

 

OR

(95% CI)

Baseline characteristic

  

Prior Violence Exposures

  

   0

1.00

 

   1

1.96

(0.99-3.85)

   2-7

2.99

(1.46-6.10)

Follow-up and deployment characteristics

  

Number of close friends/relatives you can confide in

  

   0-2

1.80

(0.96-3.36)

   3-4

1.00

 

   5 or more

0.26

(0.12-0.59)

Enlisted pay grade

  

   Junior enlisted (E1-E3)

2.15

(1.20-3.85)

   Noncommissioned officer (E4-E5)

1.00

 

Number of deployments

  

   1

1.00

 

   2

1.91

(1.10-3.33)

Shot or seriously injured

  

   No

1.00

 

   Yes

3.51

( 1.58-7.77 )

Felt in great danger of being killed

  

   Never/once/few times

1.00

 

   Often/very often

4.63

(2.46-8.73)

Personally saw someone wounded, killed, or dead

  

   No

1.00

 

   Yes

2.47

(1.08-5.67)

  1. Note. Odds ratios (OR) and associated 95% confidence intervals (CI) are adjusted for all other variables in the table.
  2. aPosttraumatic stress disorder based on PTSD Patient Checklist-Civilian Version with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition criteria and a sum of 50 points out of 85 points possible on the follow-up questionnaire. Model fit by R2 = 0.851