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Table 6 Reported pregnancies conceived since the Gulf war1

From: The study of reproductive outcome and the health of offspring of UK veterans of the Gulf war: methods and description of the study population

 

REPORTED BY MEN

REPORTED BY WOMEN

 

GWV

NGWV

GWV

NGWV

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

TOTAL

16442

(100)

11517

(100)

484

(100)

377

(100)

Year of conception

        

   19901

132

(1)

-

 

2

(0.4)

-

 

   19911

2141

(13)

1678

(15)

47

(10)

28

(7)

   1992

2297

(14)

1656

(14)

61

(13)

40

(11)

   1993

2436

(15)

1729

(15)

73

(15)

60

(16)

   1994

2432

(15)

1700

(15)

67

(14)

58

(15)

   1995

2442

(15)

1677

(15)

82

(17)

42

(11)

   1996

2467

(15)

1711

(15)

80

(17)

83

(22)

   19972

2095

(13)

1366

(12)

72

(15)

66

(18)

Multiplicity

        

   Singleton3

16245

(99)

11404

(99)

476

(98)

373

(99)

   Twin

193

(1)

108

(1)

8

(2)

4

(1)

   Triplet

4

(0.02)

5

(0.04)

0

(-)

0

(-)

Parental pregnancy order 4 of first pregnancy conceived since the Gulf war:

        

   Total pregnancies

10355

{100%}

7389

{100%}

278

{100%}

215

{100%}

   1

7558

{73}

4894

{66}

262

{94}

187

{87}

   2

1769

{17}

1602

{22}

16

{6}

22

{10}

   3

746

{7}

634

{9}

0

-

4

{2}

   > = 4

282

{3}

259

{4}

0

-

2

{1}

  1. 1After first deployment to the Gulf (GWV) or after 1st January 1991 among NGWV or where Gulf deployment dates not known. 2Conceptions after 8th November 1997 (38 weeks before 1st August 1998) excluded. 3All pregnancies under 16 weeks classified as singleton, regardless of number of fetuses or sacs. 4Order of pregnancies as reported by the study subject (paternal pregnancy order for men, maternal pregnancy order for women).