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Summary
Risk factors for disability retirement were assessed using 2,453 disability cases compared to controls. Potential risk factors included sex, deployment status, military occupation, disqualification at accession, body mass index, age, education and race/ethnicity. Disability retirement cases differed statistically from control cases on all variables except education.
Citation
Niebuhr, D. W., Drampf, R. L., Mayo, J. A., Blandford, C. D., Levin, L. I., Cowan, D. N. (2011). Risk Factors for Disability Retirement Among Healthy Adults Joining the U.S., Army. Military Medicine, 176, 170-175. doi:10.7205/milmed-d-10-00114