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Table 1 Characteristics of Minnesota National Guard Veterans who responded to the mailed survey conducted from October 2015 to September 2016 (N = 1850)

From: Patterns of conventional and complementary non-pharmacological health practice use by US military veterans: a cross-sectional latent class analysis

Characteristic

Mean (SD) or % (N)

Male, % (N)

90.3% (1668)

Age, Mean (SD)

38.7 (9.2)

White, % (N)

90.1% (1656)

Obtained 4-year degree, % (N)

42.6% (772)

Injured on deployment, % (N)

27.0% (493)

Pain

 Chronic pain, % (N)

41.2% (749)

 Intensity and interference (PEG), Mean (SD)

2.4 (2.4)

Self-rated health

 Current health excellent/very gooda, % (N)

43.1% (796)

Mental health

 Anxiety at least moderate (PROMIS-Anxiety 8a ≥ 22), % (N)

21.8% (400)

 Depression (PHQ-8 ≥ 10), % (N)

21.7% (392)

 Probable PTSD (PCL-5 ≥ 33), % (N)

19.5% (339)

 Problem alcohol use (AUDIT ≥8), % (N)

21.6% (394)

 Past year illicit drug use (DAST > 0), % (N)

10.3% (184)

Absorption (MPQ-BF Absorption, T-scores), Mean (SD)

47.6 (10.8)

  1. Abbreviations: PEG 3-item PEG scale, VR-12 Veterans RAND 12-Item Health Survey
  2. aCurrent health excellent/very good vs good/fair/poor; VR-12 overall health item