Table 1 Distribution of socio-demographic factors and medical comorbidities among 228,367 VA patients.
From: Post-traumatic stress disorder and risk for hospitalization and death following COVID-19 infection
Full sample | No psychiatric disorders | Other psychiatric disorders | PTSD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 228,367 | n = 105,405 (46.2) | n = 64,395 (28.2) | n = 58,567 (25.6) | ||
Covariate | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | p-value |
Age, m (SD), in years | 60.6 (16.3) | 65.2 (15.4) | 58.4 (16.1) | 54.7 (15.7) | <0.001 |
Sex | |||||
Female | 23,901 (10.5) | 6854 (6.5) | 8739 (13.6) | 8308 (14.2) | <0.001 |
Male | 204,466 (89.5) | 98,551 (93.5) | 55,656 (86.4) | 50,259 (85.8) | |
Race | |||||
Black or African American | 51,205 (22.4) | 20,510 (19.5) | 15,451 (24.0) | 15,244 (26.0) | <0.001 |
White | 153,910 (67.4) | 74,174 (70.4) | 42,810 (66.5) | 36,926 (63.0) | |
Othera or Unknown | 23,252 (10.2) | 10,721 (10.2) | 6134 (9.5) | 6397 (10.9) | |
Ethnicity | |||||
Hispanic or Latinx | 22,285 (9.8) | 8393 (8.0) | 6273 (9.7) | 15,244 (26.0) | <0.001 |
Not Hispanic or Latinx | 197,629 (86.5) | 92,498 (87.8) | 55,938 (86.9) | 49,193 (84.0) | |
Unknown | 8453 (3.7) | 4514 (4.3) | 2184 (3.4) | 1755 (3.0) | |
Obese (BMI ≥ 35) | 52,046 (22.8) | 22,199 (21.1) | 15,092 (23.4) | 14,755 (25.2) | <0.001 |
Medical comorbidities | |||||
Diabetes | 79,090 (34.6) | 39,358 (37.3) | 21,702 (33.7) | 18,030 (30.8) | <0.001 |
Cardiovascular disease | 74,222 (32.5) | 36,251 (34.4) | 21,691 (33.7) | 16,280 (27.8) | <0.001 |
Obstructive sleep apnea | 73,127 (32.0) | 26,271 (24.9) | 22,163 (34.4) | 24,693 (42.2) | <0.001 |
COPD | 35,488 (15.5) | 15,533 (14.7) | 11,232 (17.4) | 8723 (14.9) | <0.001 |
Cancer | 40,769 (17.9) | 20,260 (19.2) | 11,500 (17.9) | 9009 (15.4) | <0.001 |
Chronic kidney disease | 31,693 (13.9) | 16,276 (15.4) | 9048 (14.1) | 6369 (10.9) | <0.001 |
Liver disease | 15,162 (6.6) | 5446 (5.2) | 5160 (8.0) | 4556 (7.8) | <0.001 |
HIV | 1845 (0.8) | 621 (0.6) | 756 (1.2) | 468 (0.8) | <0.001 |
Smoking | |||||
Current or former smoker | 139,635 (61.1) | 64,705 (61.4) | 39,749 (61.7) | 35,181 (60.1) | <0.001 |
Never smoker | 88,732 (38.9) | 40,700 (38.6) | 24,646 (38.3) | 23,386 (39.9) |
