Posttraumatic stress disorder and health: a preliminary study of group differences in health and health behaviors

Table 3 Group differences in diet content and eating behavior

	Total (N= 80)		Control (n= 55)		PTSD (n= 25)
Diet content	0–2	3 or more	0–2	3 or more	0–2	3 or more	p
Fruits (%)	59	41	51	49	76	24	0.035
Vegetables (%)	63	37	58	42	72	28	0.237
Soda (%)	85	15	85	15	84	16	0.866
Caffeine (%)	75	25	78	22	68	32	0.330
Fast food (%)	81	19	80	20	84	16	0.671
Eating behavior	Never to rarely	Often to always	Never to rarely	Often to always	Never to rarely	Often to always	p
Splurge alone (%)	76	24	82	18	64	36	0.083
Too much time and thoughts to food (%)	68	32	65	35	72	28	0.562
Guilt after overeating (%)	73	27	82	18	52	48	0.006
	Not at all to slightly	Moderately to very much	Not at all to slightly	Moderately to very much	Not at all to slightly	Moderately to very much	p
Conscious of eating (%)	16	84	13	87	24	76	0.205

Pearson chi-square tests were performed for all diet content and eating behavior measures. Italics highlight values reaching statistical significance (α = 0.05).

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