Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of patients and healthy controls.
| Characteristic | Patients with mTBI (n = 40) |
Control subjects (n = 50) |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Female | 16 | 12 |
| Male | 24 | 38 |
| Age | ||
| Mean ± SD | 38.03 ± 13.69 | 29.88 ± 10.75 |
| Median/range | 35/(73 ~ 19) | 26/(66 ~ 19) |
| Race | ||
| African American | 29 | 5 |
| White | 8 | 30 |
| Asian | 0 | 5 |
| Others | 3 | 10 |
| Time since injury (hours) | ||
| Mean ± SD | 74.43 ± 103.37 | – |
| Median/range | 20/(446 ~ 2) | – |
| Glasgow Coma Scale | ||
| Mean ± SD, range | 14.95 ± 0.22, (14–15) | – |
| MRI diagnosis | ||
| Traumatic bleeding and lesions | 3 | 0 |
| Non-specific hyperintensities on FLAIR | 10 | 11 |