JAMA. 1988 May 13;259(18):2715-9.
The Vietnam Experience Study was a multidimensional assessment of the health of Vietnam veterans. From a random sample of enlisted men who entered the US Army from 1965 through 1971, 7924 Vietnam and 7364 non-Vietnam veterans participated in a telephone interview; a random subsample of 2490 Vietnam and 1972 non-Vietnam veterans also underwent a comprehensive medical examination. During the telephone interview, Vietnam veterans reported more adverse reproductive and child health outcomes than did non-Vietnam veterans. However, children of Vietnam veterans were not more likely to have birth defects recorded on hospital birth records than were children of non-Vietnam veterans. The rates of total, major, minor, and suspected defects were similar among children of Vietnam and non-Vietnam veterans (odds ratios, 1.0, 1.1, 1.0, and 0.9, respectively). These results are consistent with the findings of three epidemiologic studies conducted since 1981 on the relationship of Vietnam service and birth defects in children of male veterans.
越南经历研究是对越南退伍军人健康状况的多维度评估。从1965年至1971年进入美国陆军的应征入伍男子的随机样本中，7924名越南退伍军人和7364名非越南退伍军人参与了电话访谈；2490名越南退伍军人和1972名非越南退伍军人的随机子样本还接受了全面的医学检查。在电话访谈中，越南退伍军人报告的不良生殖和儿童健康结果比非越南退伍军人更多。然而，越南退伍军人的子女在医院出生记录中被记录有出生缺陷的可能性并不比非越南退伍军人的子女更高。越南退伍军人和非越南退伍军人的子女中，总的、主要的、次要的和疑似缺陷的发生率相似（优势比分别为1.0、1.1、1.0和0.9）。这些结果与自1981年以来进行的三项关于越南服役与男性退伍军人子女出生缺陷关系的流行病学研究结果一致。
