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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of cross-sectional clinical veteran sample

From: A retrospective cohort study of U.S. service members returning from Afghanistan and Iraq: is physical health worsening over time?

 

Cross-sectional clinical sample

Military community sample

 

1 Yr (n = 253)

2 Yr (n = 162)

3 Yr (n = 106)

4 Yr+ (n = 157)

n = 768

Gender (%)

     

F = Female

F: 13.0%

F: 12.9%

F: 12.3%

F: 16.6%

F: 10.8%

M = Male

M: 87.0%

M: 87.1%

M: 87.7%

M: 83.4%

M: 89.2%

Age (mean ± SD)

32.5±9.8

32.0±9.6

32.0±10.3

34.8±9.7

28.0±8.3

Military Component (%)

     

Active Duty

25.3%

42.9%

54.4%

48.4%

-

Reserve/National Guard

74.7%

57.1%

45.6%

51.6%

100%

Military Branch (%)

     

Navy

6.3%

5.5%

8.5%

13.4%

-

Air Force

1.6%

4.3%

5.7%

10.8%

-

Marine Corps

15.8%

24.5%

29.2%

17.8%

-

Army

75.9%

65.6%

55.7%

56.7%

100%

Coast Guard

-

-

-

1.3%

-

Probable PTSD (%)

29.8%

31.3%

45.8%

46.6%

-

Physical Component Summary score

46.5±9.6

45.9±10.9

44.5±9.1

42.3±11.8

Pre: 55.5±5.2

     

0 Post: 53.2±7.3

     

1yr Post: 52.2±8.6

Physical Function subscale

46.5±10.1

45.6±10.7

43.9±10.2

41.8±11.8

Pre: 52.4±7.4

     

0 Post: 49.4±8.3

     

1 yr Post: 48.5±9.8

Role Physical subscale

45.8±10.8

45.3±12.2

41.1±12.9

40.2±13.1

Pre: 54.6±7.3

     

0 Post: 50.3±9.1

     

1 yr Post: 49.6±9.8

Bodily Pain subscale

42.4±10.8

42.5±11.5

41.1±11.2

38.8±11.1

Pre: 55.3±3.9

     

0 Post: 53.3±6.7

     

1 yr Post: 51.8±8.9

General Health subscale

43.2±10.7

41.9±11.1

39.7±10.4

38.7±11.9

Pre: 53.2±5.9

     

0 Post: 52.4±6.8

     

1 yr Post: 50.5±9.2