ArticlePreventive medicine
Military combat and burden of subclinical atherosclerosis in middle aged men: the ARIC study.
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- Lack of relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and coronary atherosclerotic burden among twin veterans from the Vietnam era.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
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- The Relationship between Military Combat and Cardiovascular Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of vascular medicine · 2019Review
- Evidence Review-Social Determinants of Health for Veterans.Journal of general internal medicine · 2018Review
- Posttraumatic stress disorder, combat exposure, and carotid intima-media thickness in male twins.American journal of epidemiology · 2014Article
- Objective evidence of myocardial ischemia in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.Biological psychiatry · 2013Article
- Risk of death for veterans on release from prison.The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law · 2012Article
- Late-life coronary heart disease mortality of Finnish war veterans in the TAMRISK study, a 28-year follow-up.BMC public health · 2011Article
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease.The open cardiovascular medicine journal · 2011Article
- The Life-Long Mortality Risks Of World War II Experiences.Research on aging · 2009Article
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Abstract
backgroundStudies of the cardiovascular consequences of combat stress are few and inconclusive.
objectiveThe association between combat exposure and subclinical atherosclerosis at Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study visits 1 (1987-1989) and 2 (1990-1992) was assessed among 5347 men from four U.S. communities.
methodsMeasured an average of 36 years after military entry, carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and carotid plaque among non-combat veterans (n=2127) were compared with non-veterans (n=2042) and veterans reporting combat experience (n=1178).
resultsCompared to non-combat veterans, non-veterans (risk difference (RD): 10.61; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.81, 20.41) and combat veterans (RD: 12.79; 95% CI: 0.72, 24.86) had higher age-adjusted mean CIMT. Differences remained for combat veterans after adjustment for race, father's education and age at service entry but not years of service and for non-veterans after adjustment for race but not father's education. No differences in carotid plaque were noted.
conclusionResults do not suggest that combat has a long-term detrimental effect on subclinical atherosclerosis among men.
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