Fig. 2

Overview of molecular datasets and cohort symptom severity. a Flow diagram for participant recruitment and enrollment. Participant eligibility was determined through a phone pre-screen and a baseline diagnostic clinical interview. Eligible participants completed fasting blood draws for multi-omic molecular assays. Participants in the initial discovery cohort were invited to return for follow-up in the recall cohort. Some participants returned with symptom changes, including “subthreshold” PTSD symptoms (below original study inclusion criteria). b Trajectory of PTSD symptoms in recalled participants. CAPS total for current symptoms at baseline (T0) and follow-up (T1) for each participant are connected. Participants who remained in the PTSD + group at both time points are shown in red. Participants who remained in the PTSD- group are shown blue. Participants with PTSD status changes are shown in gray, including participants who became “subthreshold” PTSD cases. c Distribution of molecular data types at three stages of biomarker identification: full exploratory dataset (All Data), reduced set of 343 potential biomarkers (candidate set) and the final panel of 28 biomarker (final set). Methylation and GWAS data represents 99% of initial data screen due to high-throughput arrays. Other molecular data types are well represented in the second and final stages of biomarker identification and selection