Birth Defects Among 788 Children Born to Gulf War Veterans Based on Physical Examination.
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Congenital Abnormalities
/ diagnosis
Female
Gulf War
Health Surveys
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Logistic Models
Male
Maternal Exposure
/ adverse effects
Occupational Exposure
/ adverse effects
Paternal Exposure
/ adverse effects
Physical Examination
Prevalence
Risk Factors
United States
/ epidemiology
Veterans
Journal
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
ISSN: 1536-5948
Titre abrégé: J Occup Environ Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9504688
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2019
04 2019
Historique:
pubmed:
30
11
2018
medline:
4
11
2020
entrez:
30
11
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The aim of the study was to examine the prevalence of birth defects among children born to Gulf War veterans. Seven hundred eighty-eight singleton children born after the war to 522 veterans (262 Gulf War-deployed, DV; 260 non-deployed, NDV) underwent physical examinations focusing on major and minor birth defects and other findings. We found no differences between children of DV and NDV in the prevalence of major birth defects or other findings. However, children of DV women were more likely to have minor birth defects compared with children of NDV women (DV 22% NDV 4.8%, odds ratio: 5.47, confidence interval: 2.06, 14.55), mainly due to increased incidence of minor eye and musculoskeletal birth defects. Our data show that deployment of women to the Persian Gulf arena was associated with increased risk of minor birth defects in their offspring.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30489351
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001508
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM