Table 5: Characteristics of all respondents, and of those reporting one or more conception, or attempt to conceive, after the Gulf war1

All Responders / Responders reporting >=1 conception/ attempt to conceive after GW1 & before start of study2
GWV / NGWV / GWV / NGWV
n / (%) / n / (%) / n / (%) / n / (%)
MEN
TOTAL / 24379 / (100) / 18439 / (100) / 11155 / (100) / 7769 / (100)
SERVICE at time of Gulf war3:
RN
Army
RAF / 2417
17106
4856 / (10)
(70)
(20) / 2110
12559
3770 / (11)
(68)
(20) / 1070
8228
1857 / (10)
(74)
(17) / 814
5631
1324 / (10)
(72)
(17)
RANK at time of Gulf war3:
Officer
Other ranks / 3202
21177 / (13)
(87) / 3062
15377 / (17)
(83) / 1242
9913 / (11)
(89) / 1077
6692 / (14)
(86)
SERVING STATUS at time of Gulf war3:
Regular
Regular or Volunteer (TA / RNR / RRAF) reservist / 24026
353 / (99)
(1) / 18285
154 / (99)
(1) / 11037
118 / (99)
(1) / 7728
41 / (99)
(1)
AGE at start of study2(years):
<30
30-39
>=40 / 6767
12630
4982 / (28)
(52)
(20) / 4385
9625
4429 / (24)
(52)
(24) / 3586
6821
748 / (32)
(61)
(7) / 2131
5044
594 / (27)
(65)
(8)
Mean (SD) / 34.9 (6.79) / 32.7 (4.52) / 32.7 (4.52) / 33.1 (4.54)
SERVING STATUS at start of study2:
Regular (service address)
Discharged / reservist4(home address) / 14364
10015 / (59)
(41) / 11254
7185 / (61)
(39) / 7071
4084 / (63)
(37) / 5190
2579 / (67)
(33)
REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY at time of survey2:
Reproductive information missing5
Never attempted to conceive
All conceptions/attempts before Gulf war6
All conceptions/attempts after start of study2
>=1 conception/attempts to conceive after Gulf war1
Conceptions/attempts both before and after Gulf war
All conceptions/attempts after Gulf war / 140
5738
6225
1121
11155
3079
8076 / (0.6)
(24)
(26)
(5)
(46)
(13)
(33) / 76
4187
5700
707
7769
2632
5137 / (0.4)
(23)
(31)
(4)
(42)
(14)
(28) / -
-
-
-
11155
3079
8076 / (100)
(28)
(72) / -
-
-
-
7769
2632
5137 / (100)
(34)
(66)
PREGNANCY HISTORY among subjects reporting conceptions/attempts to conceive7:
TOTAL / 18501 / (100) / 14176 / (100) / 11155 / (100) / 7769 / (100)
No. reported pregnancies at any time per subject:
0
1
2
3
>=4 / 859
5505
7513
3042
1582 / (5)
(30)
(41)
(16)
(9) / 489
3789
5950
2626
1322 / (3)
(27)
(42)
(19)
(9) / 518
3253
4299
1957
1128 / (5)
(29)
(39)
(18)
(10) / 243
1970
3206
1492
858 / (3)
(25)
(41)
(19)
(11)
At least one livebirth at any time: / 16126 / (87) / 12789 / (90) / 9756 / (87) / 7105 / (91)
At least one pregnancy since the Gulf war1: / 10355 / (56) / 7389 / (52) / 10355 / (93) / 7389 / (95)
No. reported pregnancies since the Gulf war1 per subject [% among all reporting at least one pregnancy in square brackets]:
0
1
2
3
>=4 / See next columns / 800
5966
3147
922
320 / (7)
(53) [58]
(28) [30]
(8) [9]
(3) [3] / 380
4276
2350
576
187 / (5)
(55) [58]
(30) [32]
(7) [8]
(2) [3]
Mean (SD) [range] pregnancies / 1.5 (0.90) [0 – 11] / 1.5 (0.83) [0 – 7]
At least one livebirth since the Gulf war1: / 9239 / (50) / 6822 / (48) / 9239 / (83) / 6822 / (88)
At least one miscarriage (fetal death <24 weeks) since the Gulf war1: / 2180 / (12) / 1244 / (9) / 2180 / (20) / 1244 / (16)
No. reported miscarriages since the Gulf war* per subject
0
1
2
>=3 / See next columns / 8975
1711
346
123 / (80)
(15)
(3)
(1) / 6525
1034
157
53 / (84)
(13)
(2)
(1)
Mean (SD) [range] miscarriages among those reporting at least one / 1.3 (0.68) [1 – 10] / 1.2 (0.57) [1 – 6]
At least one stillbirth (fetal death >=24 weeks) since the Gulf war1: / 71 / (0.4) / 59 / (0.4) / 71 / (0.6) / 59 / (0.8)
No. reported stillbirths since the Gulf war1 per subject
0
1
2 / See next columns / 11084
65
6 / (99)
(0.6)
(0.05) / 7710
58
1 / (99)
(0.8)
(0.01)

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Table 5 cont/d…

All Responders / Responders reporting >=1 conception/ attempt to conceive after GW1& before start of study2
GWV / NGWV / GWV / NGWV
n / (%) / n / (%) / n / (%) / n / (%)
WOMEN
TOTAL / 705 / (100) / 564 / (100) / 313 / (100) / 235 / (100)
SERVICE at time of Gulf war3:
RN
Army
RAF / 43
553
109 / (6)
(78)
(15) / 28
452
84 / (5)
(80)
(15) / 20
258
35 / (6)
(82)
(11) / 10
193
32 / (4)
(82)
(14)
RANK at time of Gulf war3:
Officer
Other ranks / 261
444 / (37)
(63) / 238
326 / (42)
(58) / 96
217 / (31)
(69) / 87
148 / (37)
(63)
SERVING STATUS at time of Gulf war3:
Regular
Regular or Volunteer (TA / RNR / RRAF) reservist / 552
153 / (78)
(22) / 481
83 / (85)
(15) / 265
48 / (85)
(15) / 215
20 / (91)
(9)
AGE at start of study2(years):
<30
30-39
>=40 / 156
418
131 / (22)
(59)
(19) / 139
306
119 / (25)
(54)
(21) / 80
212
21 / (26)
(68)
(7) / 69
147
19 / (29)
(63)
(8)
Mean (SD) / 35.2 (6.75) / 35.6 (7.32) / 33.1 (4.14) / 33.0 (4.53)
SERVING STATUS at start of study2:
Regular (service address)
Discharged / reservist4(home address) / 222
483 / (31)
(69) / 217
347 / (38)
(62) / 68
245 / (22)
(78) / 70
165 / (30)
(70)
REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY at time of survey2:
Reproductive information missing5
Never attempted to conceive
All conceptions/attempts before Gulf war6
All conceptions/attempts after start of study2
>=1 conception/attempts to conceive after Gulf war1
Conceptions/attempts both before and after Gulf war
All conceptions/attempts after Gulf war / 3
312
48
29
313
19
294 / (0.4)
(44)
(7)
(4)
(44)
(3)
(42) / 2
242
60
25
235
33
202 / (0.4)
(43)
(11)
(4)
(42)
(6)
(36) / -
-
-
-
313
19
294 / (100)
(6)
(94) / -
-
-
-
235
33
202 / (100)
(14)
(86)
PREGNANCY HISTORY among subjects reporting conceptions/attempts to conceive7:
TOTAL / 390 / (100) / 320 / (100) / 313 / (100) / 235 / (100)
No. reported pregnancies at any time per subject:
0
1
2
3
>=4 / 34
155
110
65
26 / (9)
(40)
(28)
(17)
(7) / 25
123
97
49
26 / (8)
(38)
(30)
(15)
(8) / 26
114
96
56
21 / (8)
(36)
(31)
(18)
(7) / 14
70
83
45
23 / (6)
(30)
(35)
(19)
(10)
At least one livebirth at any time: / 279 / (72) / 227 / (71) / 241 / (77) / 186 / (79)
At least one pregnancy since the Gulf war1: / 278 / (71) / 215 / (67) / 278 / (89) / 215 / (91)
No. reported pregnancies since the Gulf war1 per subject [% among all reporting at least one pregnancy in square brackets]:
0
1
2
3
>=4 / See next columns / 35
142
83
40
13 / (11)
(45) [51]
(27) [30]
(13) [14]
(4) [5] / 20
103
73
31
8 / (9)
(44) [48]
(31) [34]
(13) [14]
(3) [4]
Mean (SD) [range] pregnancies / 1.5 (1.03) [0 – 5] / 1.6 (0.98) [0 – 5]
At least one livebirth since the Gulf war1: / 231 / (59) / 181 / (57) / 231 / (74) / 181 / (77)
At least one miscarriage (fetal death <24 weeks) since the Gulf war1: / 74 / (19) / 59 / (18) / 74 / (24) / 59 / (25)
No. reported miscarriages since the Gulf war1 per subject
0
1
2
>=3 / See next columns / 239
62
9
3 / (76)
(20)
(3)
(1) / 176
48
9
2 / (75)
(20)
(4)
(1)
Mean (SD) [range] miscarriages among those reporting at least one / 1.2 (0.56) [1 – 4] / 1.2 (0.57) [1 – 4]
At least one stillbirth (fetal death >=24 weeks) since the Gulf war1: / 2 / (0.6) / 1 / (0.4)
No. reported stillbirths since the Gulf war1 per subject
0
1
2 / See next columns / 311
1
1 / (99)
(0.3)
(0.3) / 234
1
0 / (100)
(0.4)
(0)

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Table 5 cont/d… Footnotes

1After first deployment to the Gulf (GWV) or after 1st January 1991 among NGWV or where Gulf deployment dates not known

2Main study commenced 1st August 1998; conceptions (or first attempt for pregnancy without success) after 8th November 1997 (38 weeks before 1st August 1998) excluded

3At 1st January 1991, or at time of first deployment if known (GWV responders)

4Personnel discharged from regular service and regular or volunteer reservists

5Questions about children and pregnancies were left blank on the questionnaire

6Before first deployment to the Gulf (GWV) or before 1st January 1991 among NGWV or where Gulf deployment dates not known

7Reproductive attempts at any time for all responders, and after the Gulf war for respondents reporting post-Gulf pregnancy attempts. Conceptions (or first attempt for pregnancy without success) after 8th November 1997 (38 weeks before 1st August 1998) excluded in both columns