Table 1 Clinical characteristics of samples in discovery and replication cohorts

From: Gene expression associated with PTSD in World Trade Center responders: An RNA sequencing study

All

Current N = 81

Past N = 42

Never N = 201

P-value

Age

 Mean (SD)

52.94 (7.96)

51.57 (7.76)

51.36 (8.26)

0.331

 Race N (%)

 Caucasian

69 (85.2)

33 (78.6)

181 (90.0)

0.100

 Other

12 (14.8)

9 (21.4)

20 (10.0)

 

Discovery

Current N = 57

 

Never N = 138

P-value

Age

 Mean (SD)

54.25 (7.82)

 

51.77 (8.46)

0.052

Race N (%)

 Caucasian

49 (86.0)

 

123 (89.1)

0.705

 Other

8 (14.0)

 

15 (10.9)

 

Replication

Current N = 24

 

Never N = 63

P-value

Age

 Mean (SD)

49.83 (7.57)

 

50.46 (7.78)

0.734

Race N (%)

 Caucasian

20 (83.3)

 

58 (92.1)

 

 Other

4 (16.7)

 

5 (7.9)

0.423

  1. The p-values were computed from one way analysis of variance (for age in all samples), t-test (for age in discovery/replication cohort comparing current to never) and chi-squared test (for race)