Table 1 PTSD and control evaluations (demographic, neuropsychological and trauma-related scores).

From: An exploratory study of resting-state functional connectivity of amygdala subregions in posttraumatic stress disorder following trauma in adulthood

 

PTSD (n = 10)

Control (n = 10)

Mean

SD ± 

Mean

SD ± 

Age (years)

35.1

11.2

35.1

11.5

Schooling (years)

15.7

2.6

15.9

2.4

SES

36.0

11.6

38.4

7.8

IQ

116.3

7.3

110.0

7.7

BAI

18.7*

7.7

5.5

3.8

PHQ-9

12.4*

4.3

4.1

4.3

CTQ

20.7**

11.3

9.6

5.0

PCL-5

43.6

10.9

–

–

fMRI head motion

0.053

0.03

0.054

0.001

Sex (female) n

9

–

9

–

Marital status (single) n

8

–

6

–

  1. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups for SES, IQ, and Schooling.
  2. SES Socioeconomic status according to Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Pesquisa (www.abep.org): we report the final score, rather than the strata (letters A to D), IQ intelligence quotient, BAI beck anxiety inventory, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire-9, CTQ Childhood Trauma Questionnaire—total score, PCL-5 Posttraumatic checklist-5—total score, SD standard deviation.
  3. *p-value < 0.001; **p-value < 0.02.
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