2024
The Million Veteran Program 1990–1991 Gulf War Era Survey: An Evaluation of Veteran Response, Characteristics, and Representativeness of the Gulf War Era Veteran Population
Harrington K, Quaden R, Steele L, Helmer D, Hauser E, Ahmed S, Aslan M, Radhakrishnan K, Honerlaw J, Nguyen X, Muralidhar S, Concato J, Cho K, Gaziano J, Whitbourne S, Program O. The Million Veteran Program 1990–1991 Gulf War Era Survey: An Evaluation of Veteran Response, Characteristics, and Representativeness of the Gulf War Era Veteran Population. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2024, 21: 72. PMID: 38248536, PMCID: PMC10815483, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21010072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGulf War IllnessMillion Veteran ProgramVeteran populationVeterans Health Administration (VHA) servicesHealth conditionsComparable health statusLarge research cohortsVA Million Veteran ProgramSimilar medical conditionsHigher socioeconomic statusGW veteransMean ageVHA servicesHealth characteristicsMedical conditionsEligible veteransHealth statusResearch cohortCohortSocioeconomic statusVeterans' responsesVeteransVeteran ProgramBroader populationFull population
2021
Genomics of Gulf War Illness in U.S. Veterans Who Served during the 1990–1991 Persian Gulf War: Methods and Rationale for Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study #2006
Radhakrishnan K, Hauser ER, Polimanti R, Helmer DA, Provenzale D, McNeil RB, Maffucci A, Quaden R, Zhao H, Whitbourne SB, Harrington KM, Vahey J, Gelernter J, Levey DF, Huang GD, Gaziano JM, Concato J, Aslan M. Genomics of Gulf War Illness in U.S. Veterans Who Served during the 1990–1991 Persian Gulf War: Methods and Rationale for Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study #2006. Brain Sciences 2021, 11: 845. PMID: 34202057, PMCID: PMC8301942, DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11070845.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGulf War IllnessMillion Veteran ProgramVeterans Affairs Cooperative StudyChronic multi-symptom illnessNon-deployed veteransHealth care utilizationMulti-symptom illnessGenome-wide association studiesChart reviewPersian Gulf WarCare utilizationCase definitionMedical recordsDiseases codesHealth QuestionnaireInternational ClassificationGene-environment interactionsLarger sample sizeCase statusU.S. veteransMVP participantsClinical diagnosisCooperative StudyIllnessHealth conditions