Table 1.
Military service data.
Group | Age in Vietnam | Duration (months) |
% Drafted | AFQT (%ile) |
AFQT Change | Combat Exposure | Combat Exposure (% high) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amygdala | 20.4 (2.2) |
6.1 (3.1) |
50 | 65.6 (28.1) |
−15.2 (23.9) |
3.9 (1.6) |
64 |
vmPFC | 20.3 (3.1) |
5.8 (3.5) |
36 | 55.0 (22.6) |
−9.7 (17.9) |
3.2 (0.8) |
43 |
Non-vmPFC/non-amygdala | 20.6 (2.9) |
5.6 (3.8) |
31 | 61.3 (25.9) |
−8.2 (19.0) |
3.3 (1.1) |
58 |
No brain damage | 20.6 (3.1) |
>10 | 52 | 65.4 (22.9) |
3.9 (14.5) |
2.6 (1.2) |
33 |
"Age in Vietnam" is the age when arrived in Vietnam; "Duration" is the period between arrival in Vietnam and injury (in the case of the brain-injured) or end of service in Vietnam (in the case of the non brain-injured); "% Drafted" is the percentage of individuals drafted into military service; AFQT (Armed Forces Qualifying Test) is a measure of basic intellectual function; "AFQT (%ile)" is the AFQT percentile at the time of enlistment; "AFQT Change" is the difference between AFQT score at the time of enlistment and the Phase 3 evaluation; "Combat Exposure" is the frequency of exposure to enemy contact: 0=no contact (support unit); 1=occasional mortar attack (support unit); 2=intermittent enemy contact (support unit); 3=intermittent enemy contact (combat unit); 4=constant enemy contact (combat unit). "Combat Exposure (% high)" is the percentage of individuals who experienced constant enemy contact in a combat unit. For "Age in Vietnam," "Duration," "AFQT (%ile)," "AFQT change," and "Combat Exposure" mean values are given with standard deviations in parentheses.