Table 1 Main Characteristics and Reproductive History of French Male Persian Gulf War Veterans (N = 5,638)
From: Reproductive health and pregnancy outcomes among French gulf war veterans
Army (n = 2,694) | Navy (n = 769) | Air Force (n = 1,883) | Other branch* (n = 292) | Total (n = 5,638) | ||||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Main characteristics | ||||||||||
Rank | ||||||||||
Officers | 277 | 10.3 | 101 | 13.1 | 364 | 19.3 | 120 | 41.1 | 862 | 15.3 |
Non-commissioned officers | 962 | 35.7 | 435 | 56.6 | 1,431 | 76.0 | 122 | 41.8 | 2,950 | 52.3 |
Servicemen | 1,455 | 54.0 | 233 | 30.3 | 88 | 4.7 | 50 | 17.1 | 1,826 | 32.4 |
Age (at the beginning of the study) | ||||||||||
< 40 years | 1,699 | 63.1 | 401 | 52.1 | 528 | 28.0 | 68 | 23.3 | 2,696 | 47.8 |
>= 40 years | 995 | 36.9 | 368 | 47.9 | 1,355 | 72.0 | 224 | 76.7 | 2,942 | 52.2 |
Military status | ||||||||||
Active | 1,980 | 73.5 | 668 | 86.9 | 1,202 | 63.8 | 190 | 65.1 | 4,040 | 71.7 |
Retired | 714 | 26.5 | 101 | 13.1 | 681 | 36.2 | 102 | 34.9 | 1,598 | 28.3 |
Reproductive history after the PGW mission | ||||||||||
Fathers having at least one child (live birth) | 1,706 | 63.3 | 436 | 56.7 | 853 | 45.3 | 126 | 43.2 | 3,121 | 55.4 |
at least one conceived before and after GW | 406 | 15.1 | 132 | 17.2 | 354 | 18.8 | 63 | 21.6 | 955 | 16.9 |
Number of live births per father (after the mission) | ||||||||||
0 | 988 | 36.7 | 333 | 43.3 | 1,030 | 54.7 | 166 | 56.8 | 2,517 | 44.6 |
1 | 719 | 26.7 | 190 | 24.7 | 382 | 20.3 | 61 | 20.9 | 1,352 | 24.0 |
2 | 710 | 26.4 | 175 | 22.8 | 344 | 18.3 | 40 | 13.7 | 1,269 | 22.5 |
>= 3 | 227 | 8.4 | 55 | 7.2 | 91 | 4.8 | 20 | 6.8 | 393 | 7.0 |
Any miscarriage or stillbirth | 395 | 14.7 | 96 | 12.5 | 170 | 9.0 | 21 | 7.2 | 682 | 12.1 |
at least one before and after GW | 16 | 0.6 | 5 | 0.7 | 9 | 0.5 | 3 | 1.0 | 33 | 0.6 |
Infertility reported | 35 | 1.3 | 5 | 0.7 | 6 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.7 | 48 | 0.9 |
Father with child born with birth defects | 69 | 2.6 | 15 | 2.0 | 45 | 2.4 | 6 | 2.1 | 135 | 2.4 |
at least one before and after GW | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.1 |