U.S. Blue Water Navy Veterans of the Vietnam War: Comparisons from the Vietnam Era Health Retrospective Observational Study (VE-HEROeS).

V J Davey, F Z Akhtar, Y Cypel, W J Culpepper, E K Ishii, S W Morley, A I Schneiderman

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Article in Journal of military and veterans' health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

V J DaveyUS Department of Veterans Affairs - Office of Research & Development, Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States.

F Z AkhtarUS Department of Veterans Affairs - Epidemiology Program, Health Outcomes Military Exposures, Office of Patient Care Services, Washington, District of Columbia, United State.

Y CypelUS Department of Veterans Affairs - Epidemiology Program, Health Outcomes Military Exposures, Office of Patient Care Services, Washington, District of Columbia, United State.

W J CulpepperUS Department of Veterans Affairs - Epidemiology Program, Health Outcomes Military Exposures, Office of Patient Care Services, Washington, District of Columbia, United State.

E K IshiiUS Department of Veterans Affairs - Population Health, Office of Patient Care Services, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

S W MorleyUS Department of Veterans Affairs - Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, Canandaigua, New York, United States.

A I SchneidermanUS Department of Veterans Affairs - Epidemiology Program, Health Outcomes Military Exposures, Office of Patient Care Services, Washington, District of Columbia, United State.

Office of Patient Care Services · USCanandaigua VA Medical Center · USVA Office of Research and Development · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: US Vietnam War Blue Water Navy veterans (BWN) conducted military operations on Vietnam's offshore waters and likely experienced various war-related exposures. The overall health of the BWN has never been systematically studied. Purpose: Describe and compare BWN's health with other servicemembers and non-veterans of the Vietnam era. Materials and methods: Survey of 45 067 randomly selected US Vietnam War theatre and non-theatre veterans and 6885 non-veterans. Results: For 22 646 male respondents, self-reported health was contrasted by veteran status defined as BWN (n=985), theatre veterans (n=6717), non-theatre veterans (n=10 698) and non-veterans (n=4246). Exposure was service in the Vietnam War theatre. Collected were demographics, military service characteristics, lifestyle factors and health conditions. Adjusted odds ratios (aOR) were calculated using multivariable logistic regression. Controlling for cigarette smoking and other covariates, respiratory cancer risk was highest in BWN vs other veterans (theatre: aOR 1.65; 95% CI 1.09, 2.50; non-theatre: aOR 1.77; 1.13, 2.77) and to non-veterans (aOR 1.78; 1.15, 2.74). Other findings showed BWN's health risks between theatre and non-theatre veterans. Conclusion: There was a higher risk for respiratory cancers in BWN. Other risks were less than theatre veterans but greater than non-theatre or non-veterans, indicating a potential role of military exposures in BWN's health.

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Blue Water NavyexposuremilitaryveteransVietnam War

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