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

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

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

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

4 Personnel discharged from regular service and regular or volunteer reservists

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

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

7 Reproductive 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