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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Participants (N = 6765)

From: Physical functioning and mental health treatment initiation and retention for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: a prospective cohort study

Characteristics

Mean or N

(% or SD)

Demographics

  Age

50.1 (16.2)

Sexa

  Women

1122 (17)

  Men

5643 (83)

Racea

  White

2779 (41)

  African American

1065 (16)

  Native American or Native Alaskan

193 (3)

  Asian American

183 (3)

  Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

275 (4)

  2+

112 (2)

  Unknown

2158 (32)

Ethnicitya

  Hispanic or Latino

1348 (20)

  Not Hispanic or Latino

3917 (59)

  Unknown

1500 (22)

Marital Status

  Married or living with partner

4227 (62)

  Not married, living alone

2479 (36)

Education

  < High school

277 (4)

  High school graduate or GED

1643 (24)

  Some college

3142 (46)

  College graduate or higher

1647 (24)

Household Income

  <$10,000

1076 (16)

  $10,000-$20,000

1398 (21)

  $20,000-$40,000

2136 (32)

  >$40,000

1898 (28)

Physical Functioning

  Limitations in physical functioning

 

  Not at all

1334 (20)

  Limited a little

2861 (42)

  Limited a lot

2580 (38)

Role limitations due to physical health

  None of the time

512 (8)

  A little/some of the time

2752 (41)

  Most/all of the time

3511 (52)

  SF-12 Physical Component Scoreb

36.7 (11.3)

Physical Health Conditions

  Hypertension

1499 (22)

  Diabetes mellitus

634 (9)

  Chronic lung disease

306 (5)

  Coronary artery disease

310 (5)

Number of chronic conditions:

  0

4579 (68)

  1

1283 (19)

  2+

903 (13)

Mental Functioning and Symptoms

  PTSD Checklist (PCL-M)c

57.5 (15.0)

  SF-12 Mental Component Scoreb

33.4 (11.8)

  1. GED General Educational Development certificate; PCL-M PTSD Checklist Military version; PTSD Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; SD standard deviation; SF-12 Veterans Short Form 12-item Survey
  2. a From VA administrative data
  3. b Range 0-100, standardized score with general population mean = 50
  4. c Range 17–85