Table 1.
Association between receipt of individual vaccines before and after deployment in 923 veterans of the Gulf war and presence of multisymptom syndrome (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
| Vaccine | Before deployment
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After deployment
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Of those with records | Adjusted* odds ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted† odds ratio (95% CI) | % Of those with records | Adjusted* odds ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted† odds ratio (95% CI) | ||
| Anthrax | 27.1 | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.6) | 1.3 (0.8 to 2.0) | 52.6 | 1.4 (1.0 to 1.8) | 1.3 (0.9 to 2.0) | |
| Plague | 8.2 | 1.2 (0.7 to 2.1) | 1.2 (0.6 to 2.2) | 27.6 | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.6) | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.4) | |
| Pertussis | 11.2 | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.7) | 1.0 (0.5 to 1.7) | 27.3 | 1.4 (1.0 to 1.9) | 1.3 (0.9 to 2.0) | |
| Tetanus | 32.8 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.3) | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.3) | 3.8 | 2.9 (1.2 to 7.1) | 2.7 (1.0 to 7.2) | |
| Cholera | 29.8 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.4) | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.2) | 3.1 | 2.6 (1.0 to 6.5) | 2.9 (1.0 to 7.9) | |
| Hepatitis A | 12.9 | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.8) | 1.3 (0.8 to 2.1) | 2.8 | 1.3 (0.6 to 3.1) | 1.3 (0.5 to 3.2) | |
| Hepatitis B | 9.3 | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.3) | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.3) | 4.9 | 0.9 (0.5 to 1.7) | 0.7 (0.3 to 1.4) | |
| Polio | 16.1 | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.2) | 0.7 (0.5 to 1.2) | 1.6 | 1.6 (0.5 to 5.2) | 1.2 (0.3 to 4.3) | |
| Yellow fever | 16.7 | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.9) | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.9) | 1.2 | 1.7 (0.4 to 6.6) | 0.8 (0.2 to 3.7) | |
| Typhoid | 28.6 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.5) | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.4) | 2.8 | 1.3 (0.5 to 3.1) | 0.7 (0.3 to 2.0) | |
*
Corrected for rank, age, service, and education.
†
Corrected for rank, age, service, education, and all vaccines simultaneously.