SynthesisInternational journal of epidemiology2010
War-related stress exposure and mortality: a meta-analysis.
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- Meta-analysis of marital dissolution and mortality: reevaluating the intersection of gender and age.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2012Pooled it
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- Early-Life War Exposure and Later-Life Frailty Among Older Adults in Vietnam: Does War Hasten Aging?The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2022Article
- Assessing exposure to war-related traumatic events in older Vietnamese war survivors.Conflict and health · 2021Article
- Design and measurement in a study of war exposure, health, and aging: protocol for the Vietnam health and aging study.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Cancer mortality in Serbia, 1991-2015: an age-period-cohort and joinpoint regression analysis.Cancer communications (London, England) · 2018Article
- Gender disparities in mortality from infectious diseases in Serbia, 1991-2014: a time of civil wars and global crisis.Epidemiology and infection · 2016Article
- Meta-Analysis for Sociology - A Measure-Driven Approach.Bulletin de methodologie sociologique : BMS · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundDomestic and international wars continue to be pervasive in the 21st century. This study summarizes the effects of war-related stress on all-cause mortality using meta-analyses and meta-regressions.
methodsA keyword search was performed, supplemented by extensive iterative hand-searches for observational studies of war-related stress and mortality. Two hundred and twenty mortality risk estimates from 30 studies were extracted, providing data on more than 9 million persons.
resultsThe mean hazard ratio (HR) was 1.05 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.98-1.13] among HRs adjusted for age and additional covariates. The mean effect for men was 1.14 (CI 1.00-1.31), and for women it was 0.92 (CI 0.66-1.28). No differences were found for various follow-up durations or for various types of war stress. Neither civilians nor military personnel had an elevated mortality risk. Those exposed to a combat zone during the Vietnam War had a slightly higher chance of death (HR 1.11; 95% CI 1.00-1.23).
conclusionsThe results show that, over all, exposure to war-stress did not increase the risk of death when studies were well controlled. Effects were small when found. This lack of substantial effect may be the result of selection processes, developed resiliency and/or institutional support.
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