Association of Gulf War Illness with Characteristics in Deployed vs. Non-Deployed Gulf War Era Veterans in the Cooperative Studies Program 2006/Million Veteran Program 029 Cohort: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Duong L, Djotsa A, Vahey J, Steele L, Quaden R, Harrington K, Ahmed S, Polimanti R, Streja E, Gaziano J, Concato J, Zhao H, Radhakrishnan K, Hauser E, Helmer D, Aslan M, Gifford E. Association of Gulf War Illness with Characteristics in Deployed vs. Non-Deployed Gulf War Era Veterans in the Cooperative Studies Program 2006/Million Veteran Program 029 Cohort: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2022, 20: 258. PMID: 36612580, PMCID: PMC9819371, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20010258.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGulf War IllnessGulf War Era VeteransChronic multisymptom illnessStudy inclusion criteriaCross-sectional analysisGW theaterGW veteransMultisymptom illnessEligible participantsUncertain etiologyInclusion criteriaKS symptomsDisease controlIllnessEra veteransMilitary characteristicsVeteransCohortPersistent presencePhenotypeFurther explorationPathophysiologyEtiologySymptomsPrevalenceGlaucoma Genetic Risk Scores in the Million Veteran Program
Waksmunski A, Kinzy T, Cruz L, Nealon C, Halladay C, Simpson P, Canania R, Anthony S, Roncone D, Rogers L, Leber J, Dougherty J, Greenberg P, Sullivan J, Wu W, Iyengar S, Crawford D, Peachey N, Bailey J, Gaziano J, Ramoni R, Breeling J, Chang K, Huang G, Muralidhar S, O’Donnell C, Tsao P, Muralidhar S, Moser J, Whitbourne S, Brewer J, Concato J, Warren S, Argyres D, Tsao P, Stephens B, Brophy M, Humphries D, Do N, Shayan S, Nguyen X, O’Donnell C, Pyarajan S, Cho K, Pyarajan S, Hauser E, Sun Y, Zhao H, Wilson P, McArdle R, Dellitalia L, Harley J, Whittle J, Beckham J, Wells J, Gutierrez S, Gibson G, Kaminsky L, Villareal G, Kinlay S, Xu J, Hamner M, Haddock K, Bhushan S, Iruvanti P, Godschalk M, Ballas Z, Buford M, Mastorides S, Klein J, Ratcliffe N, Florez H, Swann A, Murdoch M, Sriram P, Yeh S, Washburn R, Jhala D, Aguayo S, Cohen D, Sharma S, Callaghan J, Oursler K, Whooley M, Ahuja S, Gutierrez A, Schifman R, Greco J, Rauchman M, Servatius R, Oehlert M, Wallbom A, Fernando R, Morgan T, Stapley T, Sherman S, Anderson G, Tsao P, Sonel E, Boyko E, Meyer L, Gupta S, Fayad J, Hung A, Lichy J, Hurley R, Robey B, Striker R. Glaucoma Genetic Risk Scores in the Million Veteran Program. Ophthalmology 2022, 129: 1263-1274. PMID: 35718050, PMCID: PMC9997524, DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2022.06.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary open-angle glaucomaInvasive glaucoma surgeryRisk stratificationMillion Veteran ProgramEffect estimatesPOAG casesEuropean ancestryOpen-angle glaucomaCross-sectional studyDegenerative eye diseasesAfrican ancestryVeteran ProgramGenetic risk scoreAggressive treatmentGlaucoma surgeryEarly treatmentIrreversible blindnessEye diseaseHigh riskRisk scoreIncremental riskVisual impairmentGenetic riskVeteransRisk variants