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Table 1 Demographics of cohort

From: Post-traumatic stress impact on health outcomes in Gulf War Illness

Group

Total

GWI

GWI + 

GWI −

HC

p2

p3

N

99

47

32

15

52

  

Mean age

43.47 ± 6.30

43.40 ± 5.44

44.38 ± 5.00

41.33 ± 5.95

43.54 ± 7.04

0.851

0.304

Mean BMI

29.84 ± 4.62

30.70 ± 4.46

30.28 ± 4.12

31.60 ± 5.12

29.06 ± 4.68

0.078

0.139

Race

     

0.170

0.313

White

26.30%

27.70%

21.90%

40.00%

25.00%

  

Black

23.20%

29.80%

34.40%

20.00%

17.30%

  

Hispanic

47.50%

38.30%

40.60%

33.30%

55.80%

  

Asian

2.00%

4.30%

3.10%

6.70%

0.00%

  

Other

1.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

1.90%

  

Marital status

     

0.232

0.640

Married

62.63%

70.21%

71.88%

66.67%

55.77%

  

Widowed

1.01%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

1.92%

  

Divorced

4.04%

4.26%

3.13%

6.67%

3.85%

  

Separated

12.12%

14.89%

12.50%

20.00%

9.62%

  

Never married

13.13%

8.51%

9.38%

6.67%

17.31%

  

Not answered

7.07%

2.13%

3.13%

0.00%

11.54%

  

Employed

77.78%

76.60%

68.75%

93.33%

78.85%

0.788

0.162

Avg. school years

15.41 ± 2.49

15.34 ± 2.28

15.38 ± 2.01

15.27 ± 2.84

15.48 ± 2.71

0.783

0.956