REPORTED PHYSICAL HEALTH IN RESISTANCE VETERANS FROM WORLD-WAR-II

Male Dutch Resistance veterans from World War II who reported on chron ic diseases were compared with subjects from a population survey. Resi stance veterans in general reported significantly more disease. Vetera ns with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder reported more diseas e than those who bad none. Furthermore, 13 specific disease categories were more prevalent in the Resistance veterans than in the general po pulation. In the Resistance veterans total number of reported diseases was significantly correlated with anxiety, depression, and posttrauma tic stress disorder. In Resistance veterans weekly tobacco use was com parable to that of the control subjects, but alcohol consumption was s ignificantly less.