Barber Jessica, Bayer Laura, Pietrzak Robert H, Sanders Kathryn A
VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Psychology Service, 950 Campbell Avenue, 116B, West Haven, CT 06516, USA.
Mil Med. 2011 Feb;176(2):151-5. doi: 10.7205/milmed-d-09-00275.
We examined rates of overweight and obesity in a sample of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans setting up routine care within 1 Veterans Affairs medical center and examined associations between weight and measures of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression.
Retrospective chart reviews were conducted to collect data on weight and symptoms of PTSD and depression.
Mean body mass index (=27 kg/m2, SD = 4.47) was within the overweight range. Veterans had rates of overweight that were higher than those of national samples of individuals in the same age group, but had lower rates of obesity. Measures of symptoms of PTSD and depression were not associated with weight.
A high proportion of individuals in this group of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans is overweight with rates consistent with the larger active duty population. Overweight was not associated with psychological distress. These data raise concerns for long-term problems with weight in this group of Veterans.
我们在一家退伍军人事务医疗中心对一组在接受常规护理的持久自由行动/伊拉克自由行动退伍军人样本进行了超重和肥胖率调查，并研究了体重与创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）及抑郁症状指标之间的关联。
进行回顾性病历审查以收集体重以及PTSD和抑郁症状的数据。
平均体重指数（=27千克/平方米，标准差=4.47）处于超重范围内。退伍军人的超重率高于同年龄组全国样本中的个体，但肥胖率较低。PTSD和抑郁症状指标与体重无关。
这组持久自由行动/伊拉克自由行动退伍军人中很大一部分超重，其比率与规模更大的现役军人人口一致。超重与心理困扰无关。这些数据引发了对这组退伍军人长期体重问题的担忧。
