Table 1

Participant characteristics compared by responder status

Characteristic	Community members (n=1294)		Responders (n=354)		P value
	n	%	n	%
Age (years), mean (SD)	45.8	20.0	50.5	8.3	<0.001
Race					<0.001
White	612	48.1	315	92.4
Other	660	51.9	26	7.6
Hispanic ethnicity					<0.001
Non-Hispanic	1034	81.3	271	92.2
Hispanic	238	18.7	23	7.8
Education					0.83
High school graduate and lower	208	16.6	59	17.1
>Some college	1042	83.4	286	82.9
Gender					<0.001
Male	496	38.4	321	90.7
Female	796	61.6	33	9.3
Total hurricane exposure, median (IQR)	3	1–5	2	1–3	<0.001
Elapsed time between survey and Hurricane Sandy (months), median (IQR)	22.9	17.7–37.1	16.6	14.3–19.0	<0.001
PTSD symptom score, median (IQR)	23	18–34	17	17–20	<0.001
Elevated PTSD					<0.001
Yes	414	32.2	30	8.6
No	872	67.8	320	91.4

Numbers may not add to total due to missing values in each characteristic. P value from χ² tests for categorical variables, Mann-Whitney rank-sum test for age, elapsed time between survey and Hurricane Sandy and total hurricane exposure.
PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.