ArticleMaternal and child health journal2006
Self-reported reproductive outcomes among male and female 1991 Gulf War era US military veterans.
Article in Maternal and child health journal, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Reproductive and Female Health in the Australian Defence Force 2002-2023: A Systematic Review and Synthesis.Military medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of Deployment on Reproductive Health in U.S. Active-Duty Servicewomen and Veterans.Seminars in reproductive medicine · 2018Review
- Deployment and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Primary Findings and Methodological Considerations.Maternal and child health journal · 2017Article
- A Review of Epidemiologic Studies of the Health of Gulf War Women Veterans.Journal of environment and health sciences · 2017Article
- Reproductive health and pregnancy outcomes among French gulf war veterans.BMC public health · 2008Article
- Reproductive health of male Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War.BMC public health · 2007Article
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Abstract
backgroundFollowing the 1991 Gulf War, some veterans expressed concerns regarding their reproductive health. Our objective was to assess whether an association exists between deployment to the 1991 Gulf War and self-reported adverse pregnancy outcomes.
methodsUsing a modified Dillman technique with telephone follow-up, we conducted a survey via a postal questionnaire from February 1996-August 1997 to compare selected reproductive outcomes among 10,000 US veterans deployed to the 1991 Gulf War with those of 10,000 nondeployed Gulf War era veterans.
resultsA total of 8742 individuals responded to the survey, a response rate of 51 percent. Using multivariable analyses, results showed no differences in number of reported pregnancies between Gulf War veterans and nondeployed veterans. Among 2233 female and 2159 male participants, there were no differences in birth weight of infants born to Gulf War veterans compared with nondeployed Gulf War era veterans. In multivariable models, male and female Gulf War veterans did not significantly differ in risk for ectopic pregnancies, stillbirths, or miscarriages when compared with nondeployed veterans of the same era.
conclusionsThese results do not suggest an association between service in the 1991 Gulf War and adverse reproductive outcomes for both male and female veterans during the 4 years after the war.
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