Table 2.
Urinary excretion rate of total U by Gulf War veterans’ clinical group.
Clinical group | Sample size | Total [U] | Total [U] adjusted for creatinine | ||||
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Mean | 95% CI | 5th and 95th percentile | Range | Median | Mean | ||
Non-deployed controls | 21 | 2.37 | − 1.04/+ 1.86 | 0.24–11.2 | 0.2–30.2 | 1.25 | 1.24 |
Deployed controls | 27 | 3.80 | − 1.60/+ 2.78 | 0.42–50.2 | 0.32–96.4 | 2.16 | 1.87 |
GWI syndrome 1 | 31 | 2.53 | − 0.78/+ 1.12 | 0.58–10.7 | 0.22–13.3 | 1.38 | 1.41 |
GWI syndrome 2 | 42 | 4.00 | − 1.25/+ 1.81 | 0.77–21.7 | 0.70–28.8 | 2.05 | 2.15 |
GWI syndrome 3 | 33 | 3.33 | − 1.05/+ 1.54 | 0.65–12.0 | 0.44–15.1 | 1.95 | 1.74 |
All controls | 49 | 2.98 | − 0.98/+ 1.45 | 0.36–25.9 | 0.17–96.4 | 1.86 | 1.57 |
All GWI | 106 | 3.30 | − 0.57/+ 0.69 | 0.69–16.2 | 0.13–23.9 | 1.84 | 1.78 |
All samples | 154 | 3.24 | − 0.56/+ 0.68 | 0.57–17.6 | 0.17–96.4 | 1.84 | 1.71 |