Military service, deployments, and exposures in relation to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis survival.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Military veterans may have higher rates of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) mortality than non-veterans. Few studies, with sparse exposure information and mixed results, have studied relationships between military-related factors and ALS survival. We evaluated associations between military-related factors and ALS survival among U.S. military veteran cases.

Methods

We followed 616 medical record-confirmed cases from enrollment (2005-2010) in the Genes and Environmental Exposures in Veterans with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis study until death or July 25, 2013, whichever came first. We ascertained vital status information from several sources within the Department of Veterans Affairs. We obtained information regarding military service, deployments, and 39 related

SUBMITTER: Beard JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5634564 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature