2024
Association of deployment characteristics and exposures with persistent ill health among 1990-1991 Gulf War veterans in the VA Million Veteran Program
Steele L, Quaden R, Ahmed S, Harrington K, Duong L, Ko J, Gifford E, Polimanti R, Gaziano J, Aslan M, Helmer D, Hauser E. Association of deployment characteristics and exposures with persistent ill health among 1990-1991 Gulf War veterans in the VA Million Veteran Program. Environmental Health 2024, 23: 92. PMID: 39456027, PMCID: PMC11520114, DOI: 10.1186/s12940-024-01118-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMillion Veteran ProgramVA Million Veteran ProgramGulf War veteransIll healthHealth outcomesGulf War IllnessVeteran ProgramMilitary characteristicsWar veteransChronic ill healthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention criteriaGulf War serviceEvaluation of genetic factorsGulf War exposureVeterans' healthPopulation of U.S.Pyridostigmine bromide pillsHealthcare providersWartime exposuresGulf War deploymentResultsThe final cohortVeteran cohortDeployment exposuresHealth problemsVeteransIdentifying Veterans Who Benefit From Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir: A Target Trial Emulation
Yan L, Bui D, Li Y, Rajeevan N, Rowneki M, Berry K, Argraves S, Huang Y, Hynes D, Cunningham F, Huang G, Aslan M, Ioannou G, Bajema K. Identifying Veterans Who Benefit From Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir: A Target Trial Emulation. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2024, 79: 643-651. PMID: 38864601, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciae202.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk quartileVeterans Health AdministrationLowest risk quartileHighest risk quartileTarget trial emulationRisk prediction modelUntreated veteransRisk of deathOlder veteransYounger veteransHealth AdministrationTrial emulationMeasure incidenceNirmatrelvir-ritonavirVeteransHospitalUntreated participantsCOVID-19QuartileRiskSevere coronavirus disease 2019ParticipantsPersonsCoronavirus disease 2019Severe COVID-19The 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
2023
Metformin prescription for U.S. veterans with prediabetes, 2010–2019
Gulanski B, Goulet J, Radhakrishnan K, Ko J, Li Y, Rajeevan N, Lee K, Heberer K, Lynch J, Streja E, Mutalik P, Cheung K, Concato J, Shih M, Lee J, Aslan M. Metformin prescription for U.S. veterans with prediabetes, 2010–2019. Journal Of Investigative Medicine 2023, 72: 139-150. PMID: 37668313, DOI: 10.1177/10815589231201141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexVeterans Health AdministrationIncident prediabetesHigh riskHealth AdministrationRetrospective observational cohort studyType 2 diabetes mellitusUse of metforminObservational cohort studyProportion of veteransMetformin prescribingGestational diabetesCohort studyMetformin prescriptionDiabetes mellitusDiabetes preventionMass indexCardiovascular diseaseMultivariable modelPrediabetesSubset of individualsMetforminU.S. veteransHealthcare systemVeterans
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