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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg. 2015 Aug 28;124(2):511–526. doi: 10.3171/2015.2.JNS14503

Table 3.

Results of subgroup analyses

Analysis Odds ratio 95 % confidence
interval
Statistical
significance
Risk of TBI when including only
studies with clearest interval on:
  All neurologic and psychiatric
outcomes
1.75 1.43–2.14 p<.001
  All neurologic outcomes 2.05 1.55–2.71 p<.001
  All psychiatric outcomes 1.38 0.95–2.00 p=.09
Risk of TBI when including only
studies meeting mild TBI
requirements for maximum
duration of loss of consciousness
1.54 1.18–2.01 p=.001
Risk of TBI when including only
studies requiring associated loss of
consciousness on:
  All neurologic and psychiatric
outcomes
1.69 1.18–2.44 p<.01
  All neurologic outcomes 1.33 1.00–1.75 p<.05
  All psychiatric outcomes 4.09 1.36–12.32 p=.01
Risk of TBI when including only
studies requiring a mild TBI
feature on:
  All neurololgic and psychiatric
outcomes
1.70 1.42–2.05 p<.0001
  All neurologic outcomes 1.67 1.36–2.07 p<.0001
  All psychiatric outcomes 1.81 1.23–2.66 p<.01
Risk of TBI when eliminating
studies with TBI diagnosis based
on self-report on:
  All neurologic and psychiatric
outcomes
1.62 1.14–2.31 p<.01
  All neurologic outcomes 2.38 1.01–5.62 p<.05
  All psychiatric outcomes 1.18 0.81–1.71 p=.39
Risk of TBI when including only
cohort studies on:
  All neurologic and psychiatric
outcomes
1.38 1.02–-1.87 p<.05
  All neurologic outcomes 1.27 0.72–2.25 p=.41
  All psychiatric outcomes 1.45 1.23–1.71 p<.0001
Risk of multiple TBIs vs one TBI
on any outcome diagnosis
1.10 0.72–1.70 p=.65