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
2022
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 explorationPathophysiologyEtiologySymptomsPrevalence