Association of Cardiovascular Risk Factors With Mental Health Diagnoses in Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans Using VA Health Care
Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.
To the Editor: Studies of veterans from prior wars have foundthat those with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are atsignificantly increased risk of developing and dying from cardiovasculardisease.1-3 To our knowledge, cardiovascular disease risk hasnot been evaluated in veterans from the current conflicts inIraq and Afghanistan. We examined the association of PTSD andother mental disorders with cardiovascular risk factors usingnational data from veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom/OperationIraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) who sought care at Department of VeteransAffairs (VA) facilities.
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The data source was the VA OEF/OIF Roster, containing demographicand military service information on the 41% of eligible OEF/OIFveterans who have accessed VA health care. The study populationconsisted of 303 223 veterans who were new users of VAhealth care from October 7, 2001 (the start of OEF), to September30, 2008. Data were linked to inpatient and outpatient VA electronichealth . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Beth E. Cohen, MD, MAS
beth.cohen@va.gov
Department of Medicine
Charles Marmar, MD
Department of Psychiatry
Li Ren, MS
Department of Medicine
Daniel Bertenthal, MPH
Health Services Research Enhancement Award Program
Karen H. Seal, MD, MPH
Department of Medicine
San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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Association of Cardiovascular Risk Factors With Mental Health Diagnoses in Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans Using VA Health Care
Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.
To the Editor: Studies of veterans from prior wars have found that those with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at significantly increased risk of developing and dying from cardiovascular disease.1-3 To our knowledge, cardiovascular disease risk has not been evaluated in veterans from the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. We examined the association of PTSD and other mental disorders with cardiovascular risk factors using national data from veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) who sought care at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities.
Methods
The data source was the VA OEF/OIF Roster, containing demographicand military service information on the 41% of eligible OEF/OIFveterans who have accessed VA health care. The study populationconsisted of 303 223 veterans who were new users of VAhealth care from October 7, 2001 (the start of OEF), to September30, 2008. Data were linked to inpatient and outpatient VA electronichealth . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Beth E. Cohen, MD, MAS
beth.cohen@va.gov
Department of Medicine
Charles Marmar, MD
Department of Psychiatry
Li Ren, MS
Department of Medicine
Daniel Bertenthal, MPH
Health Services Research Enhancement Award Program
Karen H. Seal, MD, MPH
Department of Medicine
San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
San Francisco, California
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