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Table 1 Self-reported fertility difficulties in male Gulf War veteran and comparison group subjects

From: Reproductive health of male Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War

 

Gulf War veterans

Comparison group

  
 

n

(%)

n

(%)

Adj ORb

(95% CI)

 

N = 1378

N = 1504

  

Experienced difficulty getting pregnant pre-1991

65

(4.7)

92

(6.1)

  
 

N = 1313 a

N = 1412 a

  

First experienced difficulty getting pregnant in 1991 or later

130

(9.9)

102

(7.2)

1.4

(1.0–1.8)

Sought infertility treatment

53

(4.0)

47

(3.3)

1.2

(0.8–1.8)

Cause for infertility found

31

(2.4)

25

(1.8)

1.2

(0.7–2.1)

Fathered a pregnancy since then

85

(6.5)

52

(3.7)

1.8

(1.3–2.6)

  1. a Persons reporting fertility difficulties prior to 1991 are excluded.
  2. b Odds ratios were obtained by logistic regression adjusting for age, rank, service type, education, marital status, smoking and alcohol.