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Table 1 Sample characteristics of healthy controls, healthy trauma-exposed women and PTSD patients

From: Women with exposure to childhood interpersonal violence without psychiatric diagnoses show no signs of impairment in general functioning, quality of life and sexuality

 

HC

HTEW

PTSD

patients

Statistics

 

AM ± SD

AM ± SD

AM ± SD

 

Age

31.37 ± 8.4

31.81 ± 12.6

32.9 ± 8.6

F(2,89) = .189, p = .828

Years of education

11.3 ± 1.0

11.4 ± 0.9

10.9 ± 1.2

H (2) = 3.735, p = .155

Marital status

N, %

N, %

N, %

 

 Married/cohabiting

 Single

 Divorced/widowed

24 (80.0)

6 (20.0)

0 (0)

20 (64.5)

8 (25.8)

3 (9.7)

19 (61.3)

11 (35.5)

1 (3.2)

χ 2 (2) = 4.645, p = .336

Number of children

N, %

N, %

N, %

 

 1

 2

 3

 4

22 (73.4)

3 (10.0)

3 (10.0)

1 (3.3)

1 (3.3)

21 (67.7)

2 (6.5)

2 (6.5)

5 (16.1)

1 (3.2)

19 (61.3)

6 (19.4)

4 (12.9)

1 (3.2)

1 (3.2)

H (2) = .774, p = .679

U HC-HTEW = 427.0, p = .489, r = −.087

U HTEW-PTSD = 475.5, p = .941, r = −.011

U HTEW-PTSD = 416.0, p = .402, r = −.109

Employment status

N, %

N, %

N, %

 

 Full time

 Part time

 Occasionally

 Not working

16 (53.4)

7 (23.3)

4 (13.3)

3 (10.0)

16 (51.6)

11 (35.5)

3 (9.7)

1 (3.2)

7 (22.6)

6 (19.4)

3 (9.7)

15 (48.4)

H (2) = 14.451, p = .001

U HC-HTEW = 446.0, p = .769, r = −.039

U HTEW-PTSD = 246.5, p < .001, r = .439

U HC-PTSD = 266.0, p < .001., r = −.387

Current comorbidity

N

%

N

%

N

%

Any anxiety disorder

0

0

0

0

22

71.0

Any mood disorder

0

0

0

0

21

67.7

Any eating disorder

0

0

0

0

4

12.9

Any substance abuse/dependence

0

0

0

0

1

3.2

BPD

0

0

0

0

17

54.8

 
  1. F and p represent the F- and p-values of the respective one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA); H and U represent the respective H and U values of the Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney-U tests; χ 2 represents the respective value of the Chi-square analysis
  2. Abbreviations: AM arithmetic mean, SD standard deviation
  3. For Axis-II Disorders, only Borderline Personality Disorder was assessed