BMC Public Health 2004, 4:27 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/4/27 Table 3: Summary of self-reported symptoms/diseases among GWV by GWS status (ordered by frequency of reported ill health categories among GWS) Frequency (%) GWS1 unsure-GWS1 (n = 1,296) (n = 9,443) non-GWS1 (n= 12,364) Adjusted2 odds ratio (95% CI) GWS vs non-GWS unsure GWS vs. non-GWS 1,260 (97.2) 7,929 (84.0) 4,830 (39.1) 48.2 (34.5–67.4)*** 8.0 (7.5–8.6)*** 500 (38.6) 2,118 (22.4) 1,156 (9.4) 5.3 (4.6–6.1)*** 2.6 (2.4–2.9)*** 1,107 (9.0) 68 (0.6) 4.5 (3.9–5.2)*** 16.2 (11.7–22.5)*** 2.5 (2.3–2.7)*** 5.1 (3.9–6.7)*** Other symptoms NOS3 407 (31.4) 1,720 (18.2) 5.4 (4.7–6.3)*** 2.8 (2.6–3.1)*** 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 NOS3 Musculo-skeletal & connective tissue disorders Skeletal & other muscular symptoms Muscular pain / weakness (mentioned specifically) Fatigue General fatigue Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME (mentioned specifically) Nervous system disorders Headaches Numbness / tingling / dizziness Epilepsy Other neurological and neuromuscular problems NOS3 Skin allergies Digestive, stomach & intestinal disorders Respiratory disorders Asthma Respiratory problems NOS3 Infection Chronic / frequent infection Single episodes of acute infection Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disorders Hormonal imbalance / problems Diabetes Weight gain / loss Deterioration in general health General deterioration of eyesight / hearing General decline in fitness / health 775 (59.8) 295 (22.8) 327 (25.2) 220 (17.0) 245 (18.9) 91 (7.0) 42 (3.2) 93 (7.2) 441 (34.0) 122 (9.4) 462 (35.7) 405 (31.3) 57 (4.4) 373 (28.8) 266 (20.5) 101 (7.8) 12 (0.9) 61 (4.7) 194 (15.0) 71 (5.5) 128 (9.9) 164 (12.7) 122 (9.4) 55 (4.2) 14 (1.1) 8 (0.6) 95 (7.3) 92 (7.1) 53 (4.1) 41 (3.2) 3,076 (32.6) 1,249 (13.2) 1,147 (12.2) 769 (8.1) 613 (6.5) 116 (1.2) 123 (1.3) 237 (2.5) 1,944 (20.6) 265 (2.8) 1,742 (18.5) 1,707 (18.1) 35 (0.4) 1,284 (13.6) 958 (10.2) 270 (2.9) 30 (0.3) 114 (1.2) 860 (9.1) 342 (3.6) 540 (5.7) 1,102 (11.7) 842 (8.9) 319 (3.4) 36 (0.4) 29 (0.3) 306 (3.2) 494 (5.2) 310 (3.3) 191 (2.0) 793 (6.4) 274 (2.2) 214 (1.7) 213 (1.7) 137 (1.1) 21 (0.2) 27 (0.2) 47 (0.4) 397 (3.2) 389 (3.2) 8 (0.1) 908 (7.3) 415 (3.4) 308 (2.5) 82 (0.7) 9 (0.1) 36 (0.3) 531 (4.3) 355 (2.9) 400 (3.2) 188 (1.5) 222 (1.8) 609 (4.9) 372 (3.0) 253 (2.1) 134 (1.1) 20 (0.2) 20 (0.2) 95 (0.8) 256 (2.1) 212 (1.7) 45 (0.4) 242 (18.7) 994 (10.5) 194 (15.0) 813 (8.6) 116 (9.0) 366 (3.9) 7.4 (5.6–9.8)*** 3.4 (2.8–4.2)*** 18.3 (15.9–21.0)*** 12.1 (10.0–14.7)*** 16.1 (13.2–19.7)*** 6.6 (6.0–7.1)*** 6.6 (5.7–7.5)*** 6.9 (5.9–8.0)*** 10.8 (8.7–13.5)*** 16.1 (12.7–20.4)*** 34.9 (20.8–58.7)*** 13.1 (7.7–22.3)*** 14.7 (10.0–21.7)*** 4.7 (4.1–5.6)*** 5.5 (4.5–6.6)*** 6.4 (4.0–10.5)*** 6.4 (4.2–9.9)*** 5.7 (4.1–7.9)*** 15.4 (13.1–18.2)*** 13.1 (11.1–15.5)*** 65.3 (29.4–145.1)*** 6.9 (6.1–7.7)*** 6.8 (6.1–7.7)*** 6.1 (2.8–13.5)*** 10.0 (8.4–11.8)*** 8.7 (7.2–10.6)*** 9.4 (6.8–12.9)*** 13.0 (5.0–34.1)*** 14.3 (9.1–22.5)*** 4.1 (3.6–4.6)*** 3.9 (3.4–4.5)*** 4.0 (3.1–5.2)*** 3.5 (1.6–7.5)** 4.2 (2.8–6.2)*** 4.9 (4.1–5.9)*** 2.5 (2.3–2.8)*** 5.5 (4.5–6.7)*** 3.2 (2.8–3.7)*** 5.1 (4.2–6.2)*** 3.8 (2.8–5.1)*** 5.6 (4.4–7.2)*** 2.9 (2.4–3.5)*** 3.5 (2.8–4.4)*** 2.2 (1.6–3.0)*** 7.0 (3.3–14.8)*** 3.3 (1.4–7.9)*** 8.0 (5.8–10.9)*** 3.2 (2.5–4.2)*** 2.2 (1.6–3.0)*** 3.0 (2.6–3.4)*** 2.5 (2.1–3.0)*** 3.2 (2.7–3.8)*** 2.6 (2.4–2.9)*** 3.3 (2.9–3.7)*** 1.8 (1.5–2.1)*** 2.4 (1.4–4.2)*** 2.0 (1.1–3.6)* 3.9 (3.1–4.9)*** 2.5 (2.1–2.9)*** 1.9 (1.5–2.2)*** 8.3 (5.1–13.5)*** 5.7 (4.1–8.0)*** Page 6 of 10 (page number not for citation purposes)