Gender differences in mental and physical health conditions in U.S. veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To characterize gender differences in the prevalence of mental and physical health conditions and evaluate the moderating effect of assaultive trauma on risk for these conditions in a nationally representative sample of male and female U.S. veterans.

Methods

Cross-sectional data were analyzed from 3157 U.S. veterans from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Multivariable logistic regression analyses assessed gender differences in health outcomes and evaluated physical and sexual trauma as possible moderators of these outcomes.

Results

Compared to male veterans, female veterans had higher prevalence estimates of lifetime posttraumatic stress (OR=3.33) and lifetime and current major depressive (ORs=2.10 and 2.76, respectively) disorders, and

SUBMITTER: Ziobrowski H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5595666 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature