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. 2024 Feb 27;7:e55560. doi: 10.2196/55560

Table 2.

Member characteristics reported for children in the no trauma and elevated PTSa symptom groups. Between-group comparisons were performed with chi-square tests unless otherwise specified.

Member characteristics No trauma (n=674), n (%) Elevated PTS symptoms (n=119), n (%) Between-group comparisons



Chi-square (df=1) P value
Ageb (years), median (IQR) 9 (7-11) 10 (9-11) –4.38c <.001d
Sex 5.33 .02d

Female 299 (44.4) 67 (56.3)


Male 372 (55.2) 51 (42.9)


Other 3 (0.4) 1 (0.8)

Gender conformity 0.21 .64

Conforming 629 (93.3) 113 (95)


Nonconforming 45 (6.7) 6 (5)

Ethnicity 0.00 >.99

Asian 38 (5.6) 4 (3.4)


Black or African American 37 (5.5) 11 (9.2)


Hispanic or Latino 28 (4.2) 9 (7.6)


White 301 (44.7) 53 (44.5)


Other or multiracial 270 (40.1) 42 (35.3)

Elevated mental health symptom


Anxiety 228 (33.9) 87 (72.6) 63.55 <.001d

Depressive 135 (20) 59 (49.6) 46.21 <.001d
Care program

Anxiety 289 (42.9) 68 (57.1) 7.75 .005d

Depression 51 (7.6) 16 (13.4) 3.79 .05e

ADHDf 231 (34.3) 29 (24.4) 4.06 .04d

Behavior 86 (12.8) 13 (10.9) 0.17 .68

aPTS: posttraumatic stress.

bBetween-group comparisons were performed with a 2-tailed Wilcoxon signed rank test.

cz value for Wilcox signed-rank tests.

dP values<.05.

eP values<.10.

fADHD: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.