Risk of Diabetes in US Military Service Members in Relation to Combat Deployment and Mental Health
Abstract
Objective: To determine whether military deployment, combat exposure, and mental health conditions were related to risk of newly reported diabetes over a 3-year survey interval. Methods: Data were from the Millennium Cohort Study and included 44,754 participants. Survey instruments provided information on demographics, height, weight, lifestyle, military service, clinician-diagnosed diabetes, and other physical and mental health conditions. Odds of newly reported diabetes were estimated using logistic regression analysis. Results: After adjusting for potential confounding covariates, only baseline posttraumatic stress disorder was significantly associated with risk of diabetes (odds ratio 2.07, 95% confidence interval 1.31?3.29). Conclusions: In this military cohort, PTSD symptoms at baseline, but not other mental health symptoms or military deployment experience, were significantly associated with future risk of self-reported diabetes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 18, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA562726
Entities
People
- Besa Smith
- Edward J. Boyko
- Elizabeth Barrett-connor
- Gary Dean Gackstetter
- Isabel Gomez Jacobson
- Margaret A.K. Ryan
- Paul J. Amoroso
- Tomoko I. Hooper
- Tyler Clain Smith
Organizations
- Naval Health Research Center