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Table 1 Characteristics of the study cohort

From: Somatic comorbidity among migrants with posttraumatic stress disorder and depression – a prospective cohort study

 

PTSD and depression (study group)

 

No psychiatric disorder (comparison group)

 

N = 407

 

N = 91,697

Percentage (%)

All

Men

Women

P-valuea

All

Men

Women

P-valuea

Gender

 

48.6

51.4

  

40.7

59.3

 

Region of origin

>0.05

   

<0.01

Eastern, Central and South. Asia

20.4

21.7

19.1

27.1

19.2

32.5

 Afghanistan

12.3

9.6

14.8

9.5

5.4

12.3

 Iran

7.1

10.1

4.3

2.8

2.9

2.7

Europe

18.9

18.2

19.6

34.7

36.5

33.5

 Former Yugoslavia

16.5

18.2

15.3

15.0

19.0

12.3

Sub-Saharan countries

5.2

4.5

5.7

13.1

13.8

12.0

Western Asia and North Africa

55.5

55.6

55.6

17.0

21.2

14.1

 Iraq

43.5

42.4.

44.5

8.9

11.6

7.1

 Stateless Palestine

5.4

5.1

5.7

2.0

2.1

1.9

Other incl. America and Oceania

0.0

0.0

0.0

8.1

8.4

7.9

Basis for residence

<0.01

 

<0.01

Refugee

74.4

89.4

60.3

33.3

49.0

22.4

 Asylum seeker

67.3

79.8

55.5

29.2

42.9

19.7

 Quota refugee

7.1

9.6

4.8

4.1

6.1

2.7

Family reunified

25.6

10.6

39.7

66.7

51.0

77.6

 To refugee

19.2

5.1

32.5

10.9

5.5

14.6

 To non-refugee

6.4

5.6

7.2

55.8

45.4

63.0

Events during follow up

>0.05

 

<0.01

Emigrated

5.2

6.6

3.8

16.6

18.0

15.6

Death

0.2

0.5

0.0

1.1

1.6

0.8

End of study

94.6

92.9

96.2

82.3

80.4

83.6

Annual income

<0.01

 

<0.01

≤9.999 EUR

3.2

5.1

1.1

25.4

17.4

30.9

10.000–19.999 EUR

30.5

50.8

8.3

27.6

30.7

25.4

19.000–29.999 EUR

35.0

35.0

35.0

30.3

28.3

31.7

≥30.000 EUR

31.3

9.1

55.6

16.6

23.5

11.9

Median (first - third quartile)

 

Men

Women

P-valuea

 

Men

Women

P-valuea

Age at residence (years)

 

34

32

>0.05

 

30

29

>0.05

  

(28–39)

(27–39)

 

(25–36)

(25–35)

Age end of study (years)

 

45

45

>0.05

 

41

39

>0.05

 

(8.86)b

(8.7)b

 

(35–47)

(33–46)

Follow up time (years)

 

12

12

>0.05

 

11

10

>0.05

 

(9–16)

(6–16)

 

(6–16)

(5–14)

  1. aChi-square test
  2. bMean (SD)