title: Post-traumatic stress disorder and health risk behaviors among Afghanistan and Iraq War veterans attending college.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with health risk behaviors among Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans attending college.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using 2008 Boynton College Student Health Survey data, we tested associations between self-reported PTSD diagnosis and self-reported risk behaviors (n=406).
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found PTSD diagnosis to be significantly associated with reporting involvement in a physical fight in the past year (ARR = 3.1; 95% CI: 2.2, 4.4) and marginally associated with highrisk drinking (ARR = 1.3; 95% CI: 1.1, 1.6). However, no association was seen between PTSD and the tobacco use and other safety behaviors that we examined.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PTSD is likely a factor that contributes to the relationship between military service and certain health risk behaviors.
authors: Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research and AssistantProfessor, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. chel@umn.edu
authors: Rachel
authors: R
authors: Widome
authors: Shannon M
authors: SM
authors: Kehle
authors: Kathleen F
authors: KF
authors: Carlson
authors: Melissa Nelson
authors: MN
authors: Laska
authors: Ashley
authors: A
authors: Gulden
authors: Katherine
authors: K
authors: Lust
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D055826:Afghan Campaign 2001-; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D054542:Iraq War, 2003-2011; D008297:Male; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012309:Risk-Taking; D057566:Self Report; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data