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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics and Descriptive Statistics of the Total Sample and Participants with and without PTSD

From: Daily variation in sleep characteristics in individuals with and without post traumatic stress disorder

Categorical

Total sample

(N = 157)

With PTSD

(n = 80)

Without PTSD

(n = 77)

Χ2

p

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Sex

   

1.21

.271

 Male

93 (59.2)

44 (55.0)

49 (63.6)

  

 Female

64 (40.8)

36 (45.0)

28 (36.4)

  

Race

   

0.00

.993

 White

102 (65.0)

52 (65.0)

50 (64.9)

  

 Non-white

55 (35.0)

28 (35.0)

27 (35.1)

  

Education

   

2.85a

.092

 High school or G.E.D.

7 (4.5)

5 (6.3)

2 (2.6)

  

 Some college/tech. School

63 (40.1)

34 (42.5)

29 (37.7)

  

 Bachelor’s degree

27 (17.2)

16 (20.0)

11 (14.3)

  

 Graduate degree

60 (38.2)

25 (31.3)

35 (45.5)

  

Marital Status

   

0.25

.618

 Currently married

103 (65.6)

51 (63.8)

52 (67.5)

  

 Not currently married

54 (34.4)

29 (36.3)

25 (32.5)

  

Living with spouse (married)

   

1.31

.253

 Yes

81 (76.4)

38 (71.7)

43 (81.1)

  

 No

25 (23.6)

15 (28.3)

10 (18.9)

  

Continuous (range)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

t

p

Age (19–76)

41.5 (13.7)

38.8 (11.8)

44.3 (15.0)

2.54

.012

Sleep duration (1.00–9.13)

5.6 (1.3)

5.3 (1.3)

6.0 (1.2)

3.20

.002b

Sleep quality (0–3)

1.5 (0.5)

1.4 (0.5)

1.6 (0.5)

3.09

.002b

Trouble falling asleep (0–1)

0.4 (0.3)

0.5 (0.3)

0.2 (0.2)

−6.52

<.001b

Difficulty staying asleep (0–1)

0.3 (0.2)

0.3 (0.2)

0.2 (0.1)

−5.98

<.001b

  1. Note. PTSD = post traumatic stress disorder. aMantel-Haenszel Chi-Square was conducted for a linear association between education and PTSD group. bUsing person means, results of t-test statistics showed that individuals with PTSD reported significantly shorter sleep duration, lower sleep quality, more trouble falling asleep, and more difficulty staying asleep