Table 3 Predictors of DSM-IV/CIDI PTSD among World Mental Health survey respondents after randomly selected MVCs perceived as life threatening (n = 649)^b

I. Socio-demographics

 Age in decades

1.4

(0.9–2.4)

1.5

(0.8–2.6)

2.1^a

(1.3–3.3)

2.2^a

(1.3–3.6)

 Male (vs. female)

0.6

(0.3–1.4)

0.6

(0.2–1.4)

0.7

(0.3–1.6)

1.2

(0.4–3.3)

 Education^d

0.6^a

(0.5–0.8)

0.6^a

(0.4–0.9)

0.7

(0.5–1.1)

0.7

(0.5–1.1)

 Currently (vs. never) married

5.7

(0.5–60.0)

6.0

(0.7–49.7)

4.8

(1.0–23.3)

2.4

(0.8–7.6)

 Previously (vs. never) married

1.4

(0.2–7.9)

2.1

(0.3–14.7)

1.8

(0.3–12.0)

1.6

(0.3–9.3)

  F_2,131^c

II. Trauma characteristics

 R was the driver (vs. passenger)^e

--

--

2.3

(0.7–7.2)

1.8

(0.6–5.2)

1.0

(0.3–3.8)

 Fault of someone else (vs respondent)

--

--

2.7

(0.8–9.4)

2.3

(0.8–6.9)

2.2

(0.8–6.1)

 No fault (vs. respondent)

--

--

3.7

(0.8–17.8)

3.9

(0.9–16.1)

2.3

(0.7–7.2)

  F_2,131^c

 Someone died

--

--

7.7^a

(4.4–13.4)

12.6^a

(6.4–24.8)

9.9^a

(4.4–22.2)

 Respondent seriously injured

--

--

3.5^a

(1.4–8.8)

3.1^a

(1.0–9.0)

2.9^a

(1.0–8.5)

 Someone else seriously injured

--

--

3.1^a

(1.5–6.3)

3.1^a

(1.5–6.3)

3.9^a

(1.9–8.0)

III. Prior vulnerability factors

 Prior MVCs (0-2+)

--

--

--

--

3.2^a

(1.4–7.7)

5.1^a

(1.6–15.9)

 Childhood adversities^f

--

--

--

--

10.2^a

(2.2–47.5)

3.6

(0.6–20.4)

 Number of prior anxiety disorders (0-3+)

--

--

--

--

--

--

4.7^a

(2.5–8.9)

  F_{(5, 11,,13,14), (128, 122, 121, 120)}^c