Table 1.

Baseline Demographic and Mental Status Variables of Controls and Participants with Moderate to Severe TBI.

	Controls (n = 20) X (SD) /N	TBI Participants (n = 24) X (SD) /N	p value
Age	32.2 (13.4)	30.0 (11.7)	.633
Education	13.2 (2.2)	12.2 (2.5)	.800
Gender
Male	12	16
Female	8	8	.757
Race
Caucasian	14	19
African-American	6	5	.509
GOAT
Time 1	N/A	89.6 (7.2)*
Time 2	N/A	93.0 (6.7)**
Glasgow Coma Scale	N/A	7.1 (3.2)

^*Note: n = 23; one participant missing information;

^**n = 22; two participants missing information;

Gender and race calculated using Fisher’s Exact Test;

Age and education calculated using Student’s T test