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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the studies included in the discovery cohort

From: Blood-based DNA methylation and exposure risk scores predict PTSD with high accuracy in military and civilian cohorts

 

Current PTSD

Cases

Controls

P value

Total

N

 Army STARRS

42

111

 

153

 DNHS

31

385

 

416

 GTP

161

323

 

484

 MRS I&II

63

60

 

123

 PRISMO

17

33

 

50

 All

314

912

 

1226

Gender, Male (%)

 Army STARRS

42 (27)

111 (73)

 

153 (100)

 DNHS

10 (2)

161 (39)

 

171 (41)

 GTP

25 (5)

107 (22)

 

132 (27)

 MRS I&II

63 (51)

60 (49)

 

123 (100)

 PRISMO

17 (34)

33 (66)

 

50 (100)

 All

157 (50)

472 (51.8)

 

629 (51.3)

Age, mean (SD)

 Army STARRS

25.8 (5.1)

25.5 (5.2)

7.54E-01

25.6 (5.2)

 DNHS

51.6 (11.1)

55.6 (17.1)

7.66E-02

55.3 (16.8)

 GTP

41.7 (11.4)

42.4 (12.5)

5.48E-01

42.2 (12.1)

 MRS I&II

23.3 (2.3)

22.9 (1.9)

3.59E-01

23.1 (2.1)

 PRISMO

28.1 (10.1)

27.5 (9.1)

8.29E-01

27.7 (9.3)

 All

36.1 (13.4)

44.1 (18)

5.89E-16

42.1 (17.3)

PTSD symptom severity, mean (SD)

 Army STARRS

56.9 (9.6)

22.4 (5.8)

4.83E-28

32 (17)

 DNHS

63 (16)

32.7 (11.4)

1.89E-11

34.9 (14.2)

 GTP

70.4 (18.6)

25.1 (16.9)

2.17E-32

38.5 (27.1)

 MRS I&II

65.4 (14.8)

13.6 (11.8)

1.30E-42

40.2 (29.2)

 PRISMO

42 (4.4)

27 (4.8)

6.72E-13

32.1 (8.5)

 All

63.1 (16.7)

27.7 (13.3)

5.88E-88

35.8 (20.5)

Self-reported Race/Ethnicity, N (%)

 Army STARRS

    

  African American

3 (2)

12 (7.8)

 

15 (9.8)

  White

29 (19)

88 (57.5)

-

117 (76.5)

  Other

10 (6.5)

11 (7.2)

-

21 (13.7)

 DNHS

  

-

 

  African American

28 (6.7)

381 (91.6)

-

409 (98.3)

  Other

3 (0.7)

4 (1)

-

7 (1.7)

 GTP

  

-

 

  African American

153 (31.6)

307 (63.4)

-

460 (95)

  Other

8 (1.7)

16 (3.3)

-

24 (5)

 MRS I&II

  

-

 

  African American

2 (1.6)

2 (1.6)

 

4 (3.3)

  White

53 (43.1)

53 (43.1)

-

106 (86.2)

  Other

8 (6.5)

5 (4.1)

-

13 (10.6)

 PRISMO

  

-

 

  African American

1 (2)

1 (2)

-

2 (4)

  White

11 (22)

27 (54)

-

38 (76)

  Other

5 (10)

5 (10)

-

10 (20)

 All

    

  African American

187 (59.6)

703 (77.1)

-

890 (72.6)

  White

93 (29.6)

168 (18.4)

-

261 (21.3)

  Other

34 (10.8)

41 (4.5)

-

75 (6.1)

Smoking Score, mean (SD)

 Army STARRS

-5.4 (18.4)

-7.8 (18)

4.75E-01

-7.1 (18.1)

 DNHS

3.8 (30.5)

-0.6 (33)

4.45E-01

-0.3 (32.8)

 GTP

-4.1 (35.4)

-2.8 (35.4)

7.05E-01

-3.3 (35.4)

 MRS I&II

-8.5 (17)

-10.8 (15)

4.43E-01

-9.6 (16)

 PRISMO

1.3 (16.9)

2 (21.3)

9.06E-01

1.7 (19.7)

 All

-4.1 (29.3)

-2.9 (31.3)

5.21E-01

-3.2 (30.8)

Childhood Trauma, mean (SD)

 Army STARRS

7.1 (3.3)

6.3 (2.2)

1.44E-01

6.5 (2.5)

 DNHS

7.6 (5.7)

4.4 (3.4)

4.44E-03

4.7 (3.7)

 GTP

56.1 (20.1)

37.7 (13.4)

1.67E-21

43.8 (18.1)

 MRS I&II

41.7 (12.2)

37.5 (10.4)

4.10E-02

39.6 (11.5)

 PRISMO

5.5 (2.6)

2.8 (2.2)

1.03E-03

3.7 (2.7)

 All

39.1 (26.2)

18.5 (18.5)

3.3E-32

23.8 (22.6)

Cumulative Trauma, Mean (SD)

 Army STARRS

1 (0)

1 (0)

-

1 (0)

 DNHS

12.2 (7)

6.1 (4.1)

3.63E-05

6.6 (4.7)

 GTP

7 (3.1)

4.4 (2.8)

2.33E-17

5.3 (3.1)

 MRS I&II

11.2 (2.9)

10.3 (3.8)

0.125

10.8 (3.4)

 PRISMO

6.5 (3.1)

5.9 (3.8)

0.557

6.1 (3.5)

 All

7.6 (4.8)

5.2 (4)

9.45E-15

5.8 (4.3)