ライフサイエンスコーパス: Gulf War

1 than servicemen who were not deployed to the Gulf War.

2 ved in US veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War.

3 onth and 2 years after their return from the Gulf War.

4 mptoms equivalent to that observed after the Gulf war.

5 ployment to the Persian Gulf during the 1991 Gulf War.

6 em among veterans returning from the current Gulf War.

7 evaluate morbidity suffered during the 1991 Gulf War.

8 r chronic diseases nearly 10 years after the Gulf War.

9 ly 25% of veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War-1.

10 ymptoms in military personnel in the Persian Gulf War 1990-91 have caused international speculation a

11 19) but was greatly increased after the 1991 Gulf war (3.39; 3.00-3.83).

12 s been suspicion that service in the Persian Gulf War affected the health of veterans adversely, and

13 e syndrome (CFS) in the entire population of Gulf War and non-Gulf-War veterans.

14 r either men or women between service in the Gulf War and the risk of any birth defect or of severe b

15 t is consistent both with US veterans of the Gulf war and veterans from other conflicts.

16 of U.S. veterans who served in the 1990-1991 Gulf War are affected by the chronic symptomatic illness

17 study population of US Seabees from the 1991 Gulf War, as well as from deployed and nondeployed subgr

18 In the Gulf War, Bosnia, and Era cohorts, respectively, 61.9%,

19 cohort, n=4250) and those serving during the Gulf War but not deployed there (Era cohort, n=4246).

20 problems reported by veterans of the Persian Gulf War, but important questions remain.

21 ysis, the factor structure identified in the Gulf War cohort fitted reasonably well in the Bosnia and

22 The Gulf War cohort reported symptoms and disorders signific

23 and ability were significantly worse in the Gulf War cohort than in the other cohorts, even after ad

24 Three factors in the Gulf War cohort together accounted for about 20% of the

25 ss in the Millennium Cohort than in the 1991 Gulf War cohort, a higher prevalence of reported CMI was

26 vey on a random sample of Gulf War veterans (Gulf War cohort, n=4248) and, stratified for age and ran

27 posures were reported most frequently by the Gulf War cohort.

28 ed with the CDC multisymptom syndrome in the Gulf War cohort.

29 or structure of the symptoms reported in the Gulf War cohort.

30 Despite the Gulf War defeat, the Iraqi biological warfare threat has

31 However, Gulf War deployment is associated with an increased risk

32 tern of symptom reporting by veterans of the Gulf War differed from that in active servicemen who had

33 Since the Persian Gulf War ended in 1991, many veterans have sought medica

34 Since the Persian Gulf War ended in 1991, many veterans of that conflict h

35 Since the Persian Gulf War ended in 1991, veterans have reported diverse,

36 d illnesses reported by veterans of the 1991 Gulf War era are a cause of potential concern for those

37 This Gulf War era multiple sclerosis cohort provides a unique

38 e three conditions compared with nondeployed Gulf War era service personnel (n = 1,478,704).

39 the military between 1990, the start of the Gulf War era, and 2007 and who were service-connected fo

40 en in active service but not deployed to the Gulf War (Era cohort).

41 Beginning in May 1997, the authors mailed Gulf War-era Seabees a health survey in serial mailings.

42 ssed changes in the health status of US 1991 Gulf War-era veterans from a 1995 baseline survey to a 2

43 oyed Gulf War veterans and 3,353 nondeployed Gulf War-era veterans who participated in both surveys.

44 e Gulf War veterans and 935 were nondeployed Gulf War-era veterans.

45 d forces personnel who took part in the 1991 Gulf war experienced an increase in symptomatic ill heal

46 Twelve of 34 self-reported Gulf War exposures were mildly associated with meeting t

47 has demonstrated that shortly after the 1991 Gulf War (Gulf War I), chronic multisymptom illness (CMI

48 Gulf War (GW) veterans report nonspecific symptoms signi

49 This follow-up of veterans of the Gulf war has shown, 8 years after the end of the conflic

50 essing unanswered questions surrounding post-Gulf-War health problems presents a complex challenge fo

51 trated that shortly after the 1991 Gulf War (Gulf War I), chronic multisymptom illness (CMI) was more

52 an among nondeployed veterans 10 years after Gulf War I, but it manifests similarly in both groups.

53 oyed and nondeployed veterans 10 years after Gulf War I, compare the distribution of comorbid conditi

54 Gulf War Illness (GWI) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS

55 are the key brain abnormalities observed in Gulf war illness (GWI), a chronic multisymptom health pr

56 by the chronic symptomatic illness known as Gulf War illness (GWI).

57 poisoning in Haiti, aflatoxicosis in Kenya, Gulf War illness among veterans, impact and needs assess

58 ed retrospective protocol, veterans in three Gulf War illness groups-syndrome 1 (impaired cognition),

59 rans who served away from battlefield areas, Gulf War illness was least prevalent among those who dep

60 The prevalence of Gulf War illness was lowest among PGW veterans who serve

61 d Prevention (CDC) multisymptom criteria for Gulf War illness, and post-traumatic stress reactions.

62 Gulf War illness, defined as having chronic symptoms in

63 ly associated with meeting the definition of Gulf War illness, with exposure to fumes from munitions

64 tigated the effect of 4 weeks of exposure to Gulf war illness-related (GWIR) chemicals in the absence

65 gated them into a working case definition of Gulf War illness.

66 ause for concern, if used during the Persian Gulf War, Iraq's biological warfare arsenal probably wou

67 ty service personnel deployed to the Persian Gulf War (n = 551,841) were at increased risk of postwar

68 cting in-theater hospitalizations during the Gulf War of 1991 and show remarkable similarities in ris

69 active servicemen who had not fought in the Gulf War or who had fought in other conflicts.

70 of 1,548 veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War (PGW) and 482 veterans who served elsewhere (no

71 may not be unique and causally implicated in Gulf-War-related illness.

72 Armed forces personnel who served in the Gulf War report more current ill-health than those who w

73 UK veterans of the Gulf War report more ill health than servicemen who were

74 The Gulf War's impact on veterans' health-related quality of

75 Among the 3,831 (22% cases) Gulf War Seabee participants, multivariable modeling rev

76 Compared with other Seabees, Gulf War Seabees reported poorer general health, a highe

77 These data do not support Gulf War service and disease associations.

78 r vehicle accidents that was associated with Gulf War service has dissipated after 7 years of follow-

79 alcohol abuse/dependence, and Vietnam versus Gulf War service were crossed.

80 lerosis, or fibromyalgia might be related to Gulf War service.

81 ce greatly increased for all symptoms in the Gulf war study (ORs 1.9-3.9).

82 thesis that symptoms in veterans of the 1991 Gulf War, such as chronic diarrhea, dizziness, fatigue,

83 The pathogenesis of Gulf War Syndrome (GWS) is not clearly understood.

84 The symptoms of Gulf War syndrome are compatible with the hypothesis tha

85 whether factor analysis identified a unique "Gulf War syndrome" among veterans potentially exposed to

86 blood when comparing RA with osteoarthritis, Gulf War syndrome, and other disease controls.

87 ide effects of silicone breast implants, the Gulf War syndrome, chronic whiplash, the chronic fatigue

88 t, factor analysis did not identify a unique Gulf War syndrome.

89 aution, our findings do not support a unique Gulf War syndrome.

90 ymptomatic ill health, colloquially known as Gulf war syndrome.

91 Veterans with different Gulf War syndromes have biochemical evidence of neuronal

92 persists or worsens in veterans with certain Gulf War syndromes.

93 term health consequences of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, the authors compared cause-specific mortality

94 Ten years after the Gulf War, the physical health of deployed and nondeploye

95 e HRQL of military personnel deployed to the Gulf War Theater compared with those not deployed.

96 re more likely to have been stationed in the Gulf War theater during the fighting (OR=2.2), to be old

97 Since the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War, there has been persistent concern that U.S. wa

98 Among veterans of the Persian Gulf War, there was a significantly higher mortality rat

99 During the two years after the Persian Gulf War, there was no excess of unexplained hospitaliza

100 military cohorts; men who had served in the Gulf War, those who had served in the Bosnia conflict, a

101 those in a cohort of subjects from the 1991 Gulf War to gain context for the present report.

102 extended from April 1, 1991 (the end of the Gulf War) until March 31, 1999.

103 this risk difference was probably due to the Gulf War veteran clinical evaluation program beginning i

104 cohort study was done including all 53462 UK Gulf War veterans (Gulf cohort) and a comparison group e

105 ectional postal survey on a random sample of Gulf War veterans (Gulf War cohort, n=4248) and, stratif

106 evidence suggests excess illness in Persian Gulf War veterans (GWV) can be explained in part by expo

107 the left and right hippocampi of consenting Gulf War veterans (N=15; 10 with GWS, and 5 without GWS)

108 ry participants (n=74,653) with those of all Gulf War veterans (n=696,531) to determine the personnel

109 s the occurrence of anniversary reactions in Gulf War veterans 6 years after the conclusion of the wa

110 rcent confidence interval, 0.42 to 0.47) for Gulf War veterans and 0.38 (0.36 to 0.40) for other vete

111 epeated measurement data from 5,469 deployed Gulf War veterans and 3,353 nondeployed Gulf War-era vet

112 he study period, 33,998 infants were born to Gulf War veterans and 41,463 to non-deployed veterans at

113 r mortality according to cause among 695,516 Gulf War veterans and 746,291 other veterans.

114 Of those surveyed, 524 were Gulf War veterans and 935 were nondeployed Gulf War-era

115 Gulf War veterans and nondeployed era veterans reported

116 e categories and specific diagnoses) between Gulf War veterans and other veterans of the same era.

117 ess-related symptoms" reported in studies of Gulf War veterans appear to represent false-positive err

118 3 factor-derived syndromes identified among Gulf War veterans appear to represent variants of a gene

119 While Gulf War veterans appear to suffer an increased burden o

120 To determine whether Kansas Gulf War veterans are affected by excess health problems

121 itations, do not support the hypothesis that Gulf War veterans are suffering postwar morbidity from s

122 diagnoses, the risk of hospitalization among Gulf War veterans differed significantly from that among

123 The postwar morbidity of Gulf War veterans has been closely examined.

124 They also suggest that subpopulations of Gulf War veterans have a higher prevalence of symptoms a

125 hese data do not support the hypothesis that Gulf War veterans have an increased risk of postwar morb

126 Gulf War veterans have reported health problems that the

127 Factors that could lead to a Th2 shift among Gulf War veterans include exposure to multiple Th2-induc

128 patterns suggest that excess morbidity among Gulf War veterans is associated with characteristics of

129 Some Gulf War veterans may have delayed, chronic neurotoxic s

130 Two hundred forty-nine (41%) of the 606 Gulf War veterans of the Twenty-fourth Reserve Naval Mob

131 gic studies have consistently indicated that Gulf War veterans report unexplained symptoms at signifi

132 However, Gulf War veterans reported these same clusters with grea

133 hypothesis that clusters of symptoms of many Gulf War veterans represent discrete factor analysis-der

134 noses in a population-based sample of 15,000 Gulf War veterans representing four military branches an

135 antly greater standardized factor scores for Gulf War veterans than for nondeployed veterans.

136 verall odds ratio for hospitalization of the Gulf War veterans was not higher than that of the other

137 Among these 16 comparisons, Gulf War veterans were at higher risk in 5: neoplasms (l

138 of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Gulf War veterans were defined by critical cutpoints on

139 Gulf War veterans were more likely than the Bosnia cohor

140 991, and adjustment for multiple covariates, Gulf War veterans were not at increased risk of postwar

141 Gulf War veterans were slightly at risk of postwar hospi

142 There were no indications that Gulf War veterans were suffering increased PMRs for infe

143 e Mississippi PTSD scale in all subgroups of Gulf War veterans were within the range of values for we

144 data were available for 405,142 active-duty Gulf War veterans who did not remain in the region after

145 se in risk for postwar hospitalization among Gulf War veterans who had remained on active duty.

146 from March 1991 through September 1995 of US Gulf War veterans who were near Khamisiyah, Iraq, during

147 Twenty-two Gulf War veterans with one of three factor analysis-deri

148 cks of testing, was significantly greater in Gulf War veterans with PTSD than in veteran and civilian

149 nsities (90, 96, 102, 108, and 114 dB) in 10 Gulf War veterans with PTSD, seven Gulf War veterans wit

150 magnitude of the acoustic startle reflex in Gulf War veterans with PTSD.

151 education level (control subjects); and six Gulf War veterans with syndrome 2 from a different popul

152 lower in the basal ganglia and brainstem of Gulf War veterans with the three syndromes than in those

153 ed cause-specific mortality rates of 621,902 Gulf War veterans with those of 746,248 non-Gulf veteran

154 dB) in 10 Gulf War veterans with PTSD, seven Gulf War veterans without PTSD, and 15 civilian subjects

155 Factor analysis applied to Gulf War veterans yielded five factors, three deriving f

156 Gulf War veterans' illnesses (GWVI), multisymptom illnes

157 ed that certain Mycoplasma species may cause Gulf War veterans' illnesses (GWVIs), chronic diseases c

158 rt of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' illnesses and conducted a MEDLINE lit

159 the NAA/Cre ratio of the younger group (only Gulf War veterans) was significantly lower than that of

160 Gulf War veterans, compared with non-Gulf veteran contro

161 e authors investigated postwar morbidity for Gulf War veterans, contrasting those who may have been e

162 Among the Gulf War veterans, there was a small but significant exc

163 To evaluate the health of Gulf War veterans, we studied their postwar hospitalizat

164 posure was estimated for the 349,291 US Army Gulf War veterans.

165 risk of birth defects among the children of Gulf War veterans.

166 ay have contributed to the risk of CFS among Gulf War veterans.

167 gnitive symptoms, have been reported by many Gulf War veterans.

168 r analysis on survey data from 1,779 Persian Gulf War veterans.

169 m conditions in a large group of symptomatic Gulf War veterans.

170 Seabees have been among the most symptomatic Gulf War veterans.

171 r were the cause of subsequent illness among Gulf War veterans.

172 l depression or commonly reported by Persian Gulf War veterans.

173 rgic autonomic deficits in the population of Gulf War veterans.

174 one containing symptoms commonly reported by Gulf War veterans.

175 m a previous analysis on a sample of similar Gulf War veterans.

176 eriences in a population-based sample of 304 Gulf War veterans: 144 cases who met preestablished crit

177 in the entire population of Gulf War and non-Gulf-War veterans.

178 Service in the Gulf War was associated with various health problems ove

179 e ratios among 49,919 female veterans of the Gulf War were 1.32 (0.95 to 1.83) for death from all cau

180 Personnel deployed to the Gulf war were more likely (2.00, 1.70-2.35) than those n

181 environmental exposures incurred during the Gulf War were the cause of subsequent illness among Gulf

182 hospitalizations of 547,076 veterans of the Gulf War who were serving in the Army, Navy, Marine Corp