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The purpose of the current study was to investigate the military histories, lifetime mental and physical health diagnoses, and transgender transition-related health of transgender active-duty service members (ADSM) and veterans.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Participants were recruited through private LGBT military and veteran organizational listservs, snowball sampling, and in-person recruitment to complete an anonymous and confidential self-administered online questionnaire.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 106 transgender ADSM (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      =55) and veterans (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      =51) completed the questionnaire. Transgender veterans were significantly older (44 mean years vs. 29.5 mean years,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u22126.23,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;0.001). A greater percentage of veterans than ADSM reported depression (64.6% vs. 30.9%,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">\u03c7<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      =11.68,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      =0.001) and anxiety (41.3% vs. 18.2%,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">\u03c7<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      =6.54,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      =0.011). In addition, 15.9% of veterans versus 1.8% of ADSM (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">\u03c7<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      =6.53,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      =0.011) had been diagnosed with a substance abuse disorder. There were no significant differences in lifetime physical health conditions; however, veterans reported a higher body\u2013mass index than ADSM (28.4 vs. 24.9,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u22123.85,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;0.001). For both groups, mental and physical health problems were positively correlated with age and years of military service (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">r<\/jats:italic>\n                      =0.37\u20130.84,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;0.01). There were no significant differences between groups in transgender transition-related health.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our data represent the first descriptive statistics of lifetime mental and physical health issues among transgender ADSM and veterans. Data indicate that transgender ADSM report fewer lifetime mental and physical health problems than transgender veterans. Taken together, our findings suggest that more research, specifically among transgender ADSM, is needed to challenge the exclusion of transgender persons from U.S. military service based on the presumption of poor mental or physical health.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1089\/trgh.2015.0002","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,1,13]],"date-time":"2016-01-13T23:55:15Z","timestamp":1452729315000},"page":"4-11","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Fit to Serve? 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