Military Generation and Its Relationship to Mortality in Women Veterans in the Women’s Health Initiative
Washington DL, Bird CE, LaMonte MJ, Goldstein KM, Rillamas-Sun E, Stefanick ML, Woods NF, Bastian LA, Gass M, Weitlauf JC. Military Generation and Its Relationship to Mortality in Women Veterans in the Women’s Health Initiative. The Gerontologist 2016, 56: s126-s137. PMID: 26768386, PMCID: PMC5881617, DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWomen's Health InitiativeCause mortality ratesHazard rate ratiosMortality rateHealth initiativesStudy armsTrauma-related mortalityNon-veteran womenHealthy soldier effectCause-specific mortalityExcess mortality ratesProportional hazards modelHealth risk behaviorsVeteran statusMedical morbidityHigher cancerRisk factorsWHI participantsAdditional adjustmentMortality riskOlder womenHazards modelWomen veteransHealth behaviorsBirth cohortHysterectomy and Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy: Variations by History of Military Service and Birth Cohort
Callegari LS, Gray KE, Zephyrin LC, Harrington LB, Gerber MR, Cochrane BB, Weitlauf JC, Bean-Mayberry B, Bastian LA, Mattocks KM, Haskell SG, Katon JG. Hysterectomy and Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy: Variations by History of Military Service and Birth Cohort. The Gerontologist 2016, 56: s67-s77. PMID: 26768393, PMCID: PMC5881615, DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv666.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence of hysterectomyEarly hysterectomyWomen veteransBirth cohortUnadjusted prevalenceWomen's Health Initiative clinical trialsBilateral salpingo-oophorectomyLogistic regression modelsPostmenopausal veteransSalpingo-oophorectomyMultinomial logistic regression modelsClinical trialsHigh prevalenceObservational studyHysterectomyHigher oddsElevated riskClinical practiceHealth needsCohortPrevalenceBaseline dataVeteransHealth risksRisk