Publications by authors named "Katia M Hiliopoulos"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to investigate whether veterans of the 1991 Gulf War experienced negative reproductive health issues compared to nondeployed veterans.
- The researchers conducted a survey of 10,000 veterans, tracking responses on pregnancy outcomes, and achieved a 51% response rate.
- Findings indicated that there were no significant differences in pregnancy-related issues, such as birth weights or adverse outcomes like miscarriages, between Gulf War veterans and those who were not deployed.
Purpose: To enumerate Gulf-War (GW) exposed conceptions and to compare reproductive outcomes of GW-exposed pregnancies with postwar conceptions of women Gulf War veterans (GWV) and women nondeployed veterans (NDV).
Methods: Deployment data and inpatient records from 153 military hospitals identified servicewomen who were pregnant between August 1990 and May 1992 and belonged to military units that were deployed to the Gulf War. Postal surveys were used in 1997 and 1998 to elicit reproductive history; responses were validated against military hospitalization records.