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Table 3 Descriptive table of demographics of the sample

From: Cognitive decrements in 1991 Gulf War veterans: associations with Gulf War illness and neurotoxicant exposures in the Boston Biorepository, Recruitment, and Integrative Network (BBRAIN) cohorts

  

Overall

(N = 411)

Cases

(N = 312)

Control

(N = 99)

  

Mean (SD)

  

Age*

 ---

52.6 (6.4)

52.0 (6.1)

54.7 (7.1)

  

N (%)

  

Race

Black/African American

44 (11.3%)

37 (12.5%)

7 (7.4%)

White/Caucasian

317 (81.3%)

235 (79.7%)

82 (86.3%)

Asian/Pacific Islander

3 (0.8%)

2 (0.7%)

1 (1.1%)

Aleutian Eskimo, or American Indian

3 (0.8%)

3 (1.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Other/Multiracial

23 (5.9%)

18 (6.1%)

5 (5.3%)

Sex

Male

344 (83.7%)

257 (82.4%)

87 (87.9%)

Female

67 (16.3%)

55 (17.6%)

12 (12.1%)

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Yes

22 (8.4%)

20 (9.2%)

2 (4.3%)

No

241 (91.6%)

197 (90.8%)

44 (95.7%)

Employment Status*

disabled/unemployed for health reasons

10 (2.5%)

9 (3.0%)

1 (1.0%)

employed (part-time or full-time)

304 (75.4%)

226 (74.3%)

78 (78.8%)

retired

25 (6.2%)

12 (3.9%)

13 (13.1%)

student

6 (1.5%)

4 (1.3%)

2 (2.0%)

unemployed/seeking employment

58 (14.4%)

53 (17.4%)

5 (5.1%)

Current marital status

single

24 (6.0%)

15 (4.9%)

9 (9.1%)

married/living with significant other

284 (70.5%)

209 (68.8%)

75 (75.8%)

divorced/separated

89 (22.1%)

74 (24.3%)

15 (15.2%)

widowed

6 (1.5%)

6 (2.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Years of education*

    

Mean years of education (SD)

15.4 (2.3)

14.5 (2.3)

16.3 (2.5)

Branch of Service

Army

255 (62.04%)

195 (62.5%)

60 (60.6%)

Air Force

32 (7.79%)

23 (7.4%)

9 (9.1%)

Marines

64 (15.57%)

50 (16.0%)

14 (14.2%)

Navy

42 (10.22%)

26 (9.3%)

16 (16.2%)

  1. *p < 0.01