BMC Public Health 2004, 4:27 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/4/27 Table 2: Summary of self-reported symptoms/diseases by deployment (ordered by frequency of reported ill health categories among GWV) Frequency (%) GWV1(n = 23,358)2 NGWV1(n = 17,730)2 GWV vs. NGWV Adjusted odds ratio 3 (95% CI) Self-reported symptom All reporting ≥ 1 new symptom/disease since 1990 Mental and behavioural disorders Memory loss / lack of concentration Mood swings / aggression / irritability Anxiety / stress / sleep disturbance Depression PTSD and associated symptoms (mentioned specifically) Sexual dysfunction / lack of sex drive Other psychiatric / psychological disorders NOS4 Musculo-skeletal & connective tissue disorders Skeletal & other muscular symptoms Muscular pain / weakness (mentioned specifically) Other symptoms NOS4 Fatigue General fatigue Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME (mentioned specifically) Nervous system disorders Headaches Numbness / tingling / dizziness Epilepsy Other neurological and neuromuscular problems NOS4 Infection Chronic / frequent infection Single episodes of acute infection Skin allergies Respiratory disorders Asthma Respiratory problems NOS4 Digestive, stomach & intestinal disorders Deterioration in general health General deterioration of eyesight / hearing General decline in fitness / health Cardiovascular disorders Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disorders Hormonal imbalance / problems Diabetes Weight gain / loss Genito-urinary system disorders Genital system & bladder problems5 Kidney disease / symptoms Chest pains / tightness (not elsewhere classified) Allergies other than skin Night sweats / excessive sweating / "fevers" Accidental injury Auto-immune disease Cancer6 14,1742 (60.7) 4,691 (20.1) 1,883 (7.9) 1,712 (7.3) 1,212 (5.2) 1,005 (4.3) 231 (1.0) 192 (0.8) 380 (1.6) 3,807 (16.3) 3,523 (15.1) 460 (2.0) 3,058 (13.1) 2,632 (11.3) 2,532 (10.8) 100 (0.4) 2,104 (9.0) 1,554 (6.7) 460 (2.0) 53 (0.2) 217 (0.9) 1,898 (8.1) 1,351 (5.8) 635 (2.7) 1,782 (7.6) 1,468 (6.3) 608 (2.6) 898 (3.8) 1,377 (5.9) 852 (3.7) 582 (2.5) 280 (1.2) 675 (2.9) 624 (2.7) 70 (0.3) 57 (0.2) 504 (2.2) 464 (2.0) 276 (1.2) 209 (0.9) 399 (1.7) 369 (1.6) 315 (1.4) 294 (1.3) 241 (1.0) 127 (0.5) 6,5052 (36.7) 634 (3.6) 76 (0.4) 62 (0.4) 272 (1.5) 203 (1.1) 68 (0.4) 35 (0.2) 65 (0.4) 2,387 (13.5) 2,346 (13.2) 77 (0.4) 1,146 (6.5) 236 (1.3) 215 (1.2) 21 (0.1) 435 (2.5) 280 (1.6) 93 (0.5) 21 (0.1) 68 (0.4) 606 (3.4) 278 (1.6) 351 (2.0) 414 (2.3) 569 (3.2) 374 (2.1) 204 (1.2) 538 (3.0) 510 (2.9) 465 (2.6) 48 (0.3) 442 (2.5) 210 (1.2) 38 (0.2) 64 (0.4) 109 (0.6) 198 (1.1) 99 (0.6) 103 (0.6) 134 (0.8) 161 (0.9) 23 (0.1) 460 (2.6) 196 (1.1) 88 (0.5) 2.7 (2.5–2.8)*** 6.7 (6.1–7.3)*** 19.6 (15.5–24.8)*** 20.9 (16.2–27.0)*** 3.4 (3.0–3.9)*** 3.6 (3.1–4.2)*** 2.4 (1.8–3.1)*** 4.6 (3.2–6.6)*** 3.9 (3.0–5.1)*** 1.2 (1.2–1.3)*** 1.1 (1.1–1.2)*** 4.5 (3.5–5.7)*** 2.2 (2.0–2.3)*** 9.1 (8.0–10.5)*** 9.6 (8.3–11.1)*** 3.5 (2.1–5.5)*** 3.8 (3.4–4.2)*** 4.2 (3.7–4.8)*** 3.6 (2.9–4.6)*** 1.6 (1.0–2.7) 2.4 (1.8–3.1)*** 2.5 (2.3–2.7)*** 3.8 (3.3–4.3)*** 1.4 (1.2–1.6)*** 3.3 (3.0–3.7)*** 2.0 (1.8–2.2)*** 1.2 (1.1–1.4)** 3.3 (2.9–3.9)*** 2.0 (1.8–2.2)*** 1.3 (1.1–1.4)*** 1.0 (0.8–1.1) 4.4 (3.2–6.0)*** 1.3 (1.1–1.4)*** 2.2 (1.9–2.6)*** 1.5 (1.0–2.2) 0.7 (0.5–1.0) 3.4 (2.7–4.1)*** 1.8 (1.5–2.1)*** 2.2 (1.7–2.7)*** 1.5 (1.2–1.9)** 2.2 (1.8–2.6)*** 1.8 (1.5–2.1)*** 9.9 (6.5–15.2)*** 0.5 (0.4–0.5)*** 1.0 (0.8–1.2) 1.1 (0.9–1.5) 1Subject can appear in the table as many times as they reported different symptoms. More than one symptom within a group in the same subject counted once only. Number of symptoms in sub-groups may not add up to group total if more than one symptom was recorded within the group for the same subject. 2Denominators and number of veterans reporting ≥ 1 new symptom/disease since 1990 are different to the numbers reported in Table 1 as some respondents did not give specific details of their symptoms/diseases and could not therefore be included in this table. 3Adjusted for age at survey, service and rank at time of Gulf war, serving status at time of survey, alcohol consumption and smoking. 4Not Otherwise Specified (NOS) 5Category includes those reporting 'burning semen' GWV 13 (0.1%); NGW 1 (0.0%) 6Includes all reported malignant neoplasms, plus all reported brain tumours, benign or malignant. * 0.01 < p < 0.05 ** 0.001 < p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001 Page 5 of 10 (page number not for citation purposes)