Skip to main content
. 2026 Jun 30;24:502. doi: 10.1186/s12916-026-05005-5

Table 4.

Poisson regression for the association between veteran status and physical and mental health conditions (N = 367,057)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
PR 95% CI aPR 95% CI aPR 95% CI
Alcohol use disorder 2.32 2.17 2.47 2.26 2.12 2.41 2.23 2.09 2.39
Alzheimer’s disease 2.82 2.65 3.01 2.71 2.55 2.90 2.74 2.56 2.92
Anxiety 1.53 1.49 1.57 1.50 1.47 1.54 1.51 1.47 1.54
Breast cancer 1.46 1.31 1.64 1.45 1.30 1.63 1.45 1.29 1.63
Coronary heart disease 1.95 1.89 2.01 1.90 1.84 1.97 1.78 1.72 1.84
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2.05 1.99 2.12 1.99 1.93 2.05 1.83 1.77 1.89
Depression 1.88 1.84 1.93 1.85 1.81 1.89 1.83 1.79 1.87
Hearing loss 2.20 2.13 2.26 2.14 2.07 2.20 2.09 2.02 2.15
Lower back pain 1.79 1.75 1.83 1.79 1.75 1.82 1.73 1.70 1.77
Myocardial infarction 1.80 1.70 1.91 1.75 1.66 1.86 1.65 1.56 1.75
Osteoarthritis 2.12 2.07 2.18 2.08 2.03 2.13 1.98 1.93 2.03
Prostate cancer * 2.00 1.89 2.11 1.93 1.82 2.04 1.83 1.73 1.94
Post-traumatic stress disorder 17.07 15.47 18.84 16.84 15.26 18.59 16.43 14.89 18.13

*Men patients only (n = 294,876)PR: Prevalence Ratios; aPR: Adjusted Prevalence Ratios; CI: Confidence IntervalModel 1: Unadjusted; Model 2: Model 1 + ethnicity; Model 3: Model 2 + BMI and smoking