TY - JOUR
T1 - Pregnancy outcomes among U.S. women Vietnam veterans
AU - Kang, Han K.
AU - Mahan, Clare M.
AU - Lee, Kyung Y.
AU - Magee, Carol A.
AU - Mather, Susan H.
AU - Matanoski, Genevieve
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Background: Since the 1965-1975 Vietnam War, there has been persistent concern that women who served in the U.S. military in Vietnam may have experienced adverse pregnancy outcomes. Methods: We compared self-reported pregnancy outcomes for 4,140 women Vietnam veterans with those of 4,140 contemporary women veterans who were not deployed to Vietnam. As a measure of association, we calculated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) using logistic regression adjusting for age at conception, race, education, military nursing status, smoking, drinking and other exposures during pregnancy. Result: There was no statistically significant association between military service in Vietnam and index pregnancies resulting in miscarriage or stillbirth, low birth weight, pre-term delivery, or infant death. The risk of having children with 'moderate-to-severe' birth defects was significantly elevated among Vietnam veterans (adjusted OR = 1.46, 95% CI = 1.06-2.02). Conclusion: The risk of birth defects among index children was significantly associated with mother's military service in Vietnam.
AB - Background: Since the 1965-1975 Vietnam War, there has been persistent concern that women who served in the U.S. military in Vietnam may have experienced adverse pregnancy outcomes. Methods: We compared self-reported pregnancy outcomes for 4,140 women Vietnam veterans with those of 4,140 contemporary women veterans who were not deployed to Vietnam. As a measure of association, we calculated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) using logistic regression adjusting for age at conception, race, education, military nursing status, smoking, drinking and other exposures during pregnancy. Result: There was no statistically significant association between military service in Vietnam and index pregnancies resulting in miscarriage or stillbirth, low birth weight, pre-term delivery, or infant death. The risk of having children with 'moderate-to-severe' birth defects was significantly elevated among Vietnam veterans (adjusted OR = 1.46, 95% CI = 1.06-2.02). Conclusion: The risk of birth defects among index children was significantly associated with mother's military service in Vietnam.
KW - Pregnancy outcomes
KW - Vietnam war
KW - Women veterans
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U2 - 10.1002/1097-0274(200010)38:4<447::AID-AJIM11>3.0.CO;2-J
DO - 10.1002/1097-0274(200010)38:4<447::AID-AJIM11>3.0.CO;2-J
M3 - Article
C2 - 10982986
AN - SCOPUS:0033863004
SN - 0271-3586
VL - 38
SP - 447
EP - 454
JO - American Journal of Industrial Medicine
JF - American Journal of Industrial Medicine
IS - 4
ER -