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Table 2 Associations between having an illness or injury event on OpEDAR and socio-demographic and military characteristics among 3896 Army personnel

From: What are the effects of having an illness or injury whilst deployed on post deployment mental health? A population based record linkage study of UK Army personnel who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan

 

Number ill on last deployment (%)

Unadjusted OR (95%CI)

Adjusted OR* (95%CI)

Number injured on last deployment (%)

Unadjusted OR (95%CI)

Adjusted OR* (95%CI)

Age group (years)

<25

45/657 (6.9)

1

1**

52/657 (7.9)

1

1***

25-29

56/832 (6.7)

0.96 (0.63-1.46)

1.05 (0.69-1.61)

56/832 (7.0)

0.88 (0.59-1.32)

0.91 (0.60-1.38)

  

P=0.852

P=0.815

 

P=0.549

P=0.659

30-34

40/726 (5.4)

0.76 (0.49-1.19)

0.82 (0.52-1.30)

46/726 (6.5)

0.81 (0.53-1.24)

0.85 (0.54-1.31)

  

P=0.237

P=0.403

 

P=0.331

P=0.455

35-39

37/729 (5.1)

0.72 (0.46-1.14)

0.77 (0.48-1.22)

45/729 (6.5)

0.81 (0.53-1.23)

0.82 (0.53-1.28)

  

P=0.157

P=0.264

 

P=0.318

P=0.388

40+

92/952 (9.6)

1.43 (0.98-2.09)

1.53 (1.01-2.31)

62/952 (6.4)

0.79 (0.54-1.17)

0.80 (0.51-1.25)

  

P=0.062

P=0.045

 

P=0.246

P=0.328

Sex

Male

223/3535 (6.4)

1

1

222/3535 (6.7)

1

1

Female

47/361 (12.3)

2.06 (1.46-2.90)

2.30 (1.60-3.29)

39/361 (10.4)

1.62 (1.12-2.34)

1.68 (1.14-2.47)

  

P<0.001

P<0.001

 

P=0.010

P=0.009

Rank

NCO¹ / Other rank

225/3113 (7.1)

1

1

212/3113 (7.1)

1

1

Officer

45/783 (5.4)

0.74 (0.53-1.03)

0.55 (0.39-0.78)

49/783 (6.2)

0.87 (0.62-1.20)

0.89 (0.63-1.24)

  

P=0.076

P=0.001

 

P=0.389

P=0.483

Engagement type

Regular

179/3204 (5.7)

1

1

193/3204 (6.2)

1

1

Reservist

91/692 (11.9)

2.23 (1.67-2.97)

1.99 (1.46-2.73)

68/692 (10.1)

1.69 (1.23-2.31)

1.75 (1.23-2.50)

  

P<0.001

P<0.001

 

P=0.001

P=0.002

Role on deployment

Non-combat

209/2789 (7.1)

1

1

190/2789 (6.9)

1

1

Combat

56/998 (6.2)

0.86 (0.63-1.18)

0.85 (0.61-1.19)

63/998 (6.7)

0.97 (0.71-1.32)

0.82 (0.59-1.14)

  

P=0.854

P=0.336

 

P=0.972

P=0.243

Traumatic deployment experiences

No experiences

15/370 (3.7)

1

1

14/370 (4.5)

1

1

1-3 experiences

150/2182 (6.7)

1.86 (1.07-3.24)

2.00 (1.14-3.49)

128/2182 (5.9)

1.33 (0.73-2.43)

1.34 (0.73-2.44)

  

P=0.028

P=0.015

 

P=0.345

P=0.346

4+ experiences

105/1283 (8.2)

2.34 (1.32-4.12)

2.74 (1.54-4.85)

113/1283 (8.9)

2.08 (1.14-3.79)

2.10 (1.13-3.90)

  

P=0.003

P=0.001

 

P=0.017

P=0.018

Marital Status

In a relationship

194/2961 (6.6)

1

1

198/2961 (3.9)

1

1

Single

41/653 (6.3)

0.95 (0.66-1.38)

0.85 (0.58-1.25)

45/653 (7.1)

1.29 (0.72-1.47)

0.85 (0.58-1.24)

  

P=0.789

P=0.413

 

P=0.873

P=0.404

Ex-relationship

33/267 (11.4)

1.84 (1.23-2.75)

1.57 (1.05-2.33)

18/267 (6.7)

0.97 (0.58-1.63)

0.98 (0.58-1.66)

  

P=0.003

P=0.027

 

P=0.914

P=0.944

  1. *Adjusted for age, sex, rank, engagement type and traumatic deployment experiences.
  2. 1NCO refers to non-commissioned officer.
  3. **Test for trend P = 0.227.
  4. ***Test for trend P = 0.213.
  5. Number of missing values ranges from 1–109.