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. 2024 Apr 15;15:1383710. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1383710

Table 3.

Parameter estimates of the effect for various definitions of blast exposure on cognitive testing.

Blast TBI Primary blast TBI Pressure severity Distance Frequency
≤3 meters ≤10 meters
WAIS-IV FSI ns ns ns −3.79* ns −0.002*
WAIS-IV VCI ns ns ns −3.51* ns −0.003*
WAIS-IV PRI ns ns ns −3.04* ns −0.003*
WAIS-IV WMI ns ns ns ns ns ns
WAIS-IV PSI ns ns ns ns ns ns
TMT Part A −4.55* −3.94* ns −4.23* ns ns
TMT Part B ns ns ns −3.91* −2.79* ns

N = 254, ns, non-significant; *p < 0.05, all models adjust for PTSD diagnosis, significance unadjusted for multiple comparisons, t-scores adjusted for age, education, sex, and race; WAIS, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; FSI, Full Scale Index; VCI, Verbal Comprehension Index; PRI, Perceptual Reasoning Index; WMI, Working Memory Index; PSI, Processing Speed Index; TMT, Trail Making Test.