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Women veterans less likely to report pain

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say women veterans are less likely than their male counterparts to report pain.

The study, published in Pain Medicine, finds veterans less likely to report any pain if female -- 38.1 percent vs. 44 percent in males. Veterans with any pain, the researchers say, were more likely to report moderate-severe pain if female -- 68 percent vs. 62.6 percent in males -- and less likely to report having persistent pain if female -- 18 percent vs. 21.2 percent in males.

"We were surprised by the lower pain prevalence in women Veterans which is contrary to studies conducted in civilian populations," study leader Dr. Sally Haskell of the Yale School of Medicine says in a statement.

The study sample was made up of 153,212 U.S. military personnel listed on the Veterans Administration roster discharged from Oct. 1, 2001 to Nov. 30, 2007, who had had one year of observation after their last deployment. Of these, 18,481 were female.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 10/26/2009

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