Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Obesity, and Accelerated Epigenetic Aging Among US Military Veterans
Fischer I, Na P, Nagamatsu S, Jeste D, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Montalvo-Ortiz J, Krystal J, Polimanti R, Gelernter J, Pietrzak R. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Obesity, and Accelerated Epigenetic Aging Among US Military Veterans. JAMA Psychiatry 2024, 81 PMID: 39476130, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.3403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociation 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 problemsVeterans