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Table 3 Military characteristics: Gulf War veteran subsample

From: Lower blood malondialdehyde is associated with past pesticide exposure: findings in Gulf War illness and healthy controls

Characteristics

Case vs control comparisons (n)

P value

1st versus 2nd test-set comparison

All

(n = 40)

1st test-set

(n = 20)

2nd test-set

(n = 20)

Rank

   

0.035

 Enlisted

36

16

20

 

 Officer

4

4

0

 

Branch

   

0.25

 Army

12

5

7

 

 Marine corps

12

4

8

 

 Navy

11

8

3

 

 Air force

5

3

2

 

Status

    

 Regular

35

18

17

0.83 (NS)

 Reserves

3

1

2

 

 National guard

2

1

1

 
  1. P values were based on Chi-2 testing. The first-set (batch) evaluated MDA in the first 20 case–control pairs. The second-set (batch) evaluated the remaining participants
  2. MDA malondialdehyde