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Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine if women and men differ in their vulnerability to risk factors for PTSD.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291724000941_sec_a2\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>As part of the longitudinal AURORA study, 2924 patients seeking emergency department (ED) treatment in the acute aftermath of trauma provided self-report assessments of pre- peri- and post-traumatic risk factors, as well as 3-month PTSD severity. We systematically examined sex-dependent effects of 16 risk factors that have previously been hypothesized to show different associations with PTSD severity in women and men.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291724000941_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Women reported higher PTSD severity at 3-months post-trauma. <jats:italic>Z<\/jats:italic>-score comparisons indicated that for five of the 16 examined risk factors the association with 3-month PTSD severity was stronger in men than in women. In multivariable models, interaction effects with sex were observed for pre-traumatic anxiety symptoms, and acute dissociative symptoms; both showed stronger associations with PTSD in men than in women. Subgroup analyses suggested trauma type-conditional effects.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291724000941_sec_a4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our findings indicate mechanisms to which men might be particularly vulnerable, demonstrating that known PTSD risk factors might behave differently in women and men. Analyses did not identify any risk factors to which women were more vulnerable than men, pointing toward further mechanisms to explain women's higher PTSD risk. 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