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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2023 Jun 19;54(8):2059–2068. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.042360

Table 2.

Risk of Stroke by TBI Status.

Veterans Without TBI Veterans With TBI
Any Stroke
No. Events/No. PYs 10,297/1,811,490 18,435/1,787,238
Unadjusted Incidence Rate per 1,000 PYs (95% CI) 5.7 (5.4-6.0) 10.3 (10.0-10.7)
Adjusted* Cox proportional hazards model, HR (95% CI) 1 (Reference) 1.80 (1.76-1.85)
Adjusted* Fine-Gray proportional hazards model, HR (95% CI) 1 (Reference) 1.69 (1.64-1.73)**
 
Ischemic Stroke
No. Events/No. PYs 9,924/1,812,455 16,645/1,795,283
Unadjusted Incidence Rate per 1,000 PYs (95% CI) 5.5 (5.2-5.7) 9.3 (8.9-9.6)
Adjusted* Cox proportional hazards model, HR (95% CI) 1 (Reference) 1.68 (1.63-1.72)
Adjusted* Fine-Gray proportional hazards model, HR (95% CI) 1 (Reference) 1.56 (1.52-1.61)**
Hemorrhagic Stroke
No. Events/No. PYs 660/1,848,365 2,603/1,851,144
Unadjusted Incidence Rate per 1,000 PYs (95% CI) 0.4 (0.3-0.4) 1.4 (1.3-1.5)
Adjusted* Cox proportional hazards model, HR (95% CI) 1 (Reference) 3.92 (3.59-4.29)
Adjusted* Fine-Gray proportional hazards model, HR (95% CI) 1 (Reference) 3.73 (3.40-4.08)**
*

Model adjusted for demographics (age, sex, race/ethnicity, income, education, and current smoking), medical comorbidities (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, coronary artery disease, and atrial fibrillation) and psychiatric comorbidities (post-traumatic stress disorder and depression).

**

P-interaction by age <0.001

P-Interaction by race/ethnicity <0.001