Table 4.
Adjusted associations between traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness at any age and neuropathological findings from analysis of pooled data from all three studies*
Outcome | TBI with LOC < 1 hr (n=176) |
TBI with LOC ≥1 hr (n=37) |
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RR (95% CI) | P value |
RR (95% CI) | P value |
|
Braak Stage 5 or 6 | 1.02 (0.79, 1.33) | 0.88 | 0.98 (0.58, 1.65) | 0.93 |
CERAD intermediate or frequent |
1.01 (0.89, 1.15) | 0.88 | 1.00 (0.79, 1.27) | 0.98 |
Amyloid angiopathy | 1.08 (0.99, 1.19) | 0.09 | 1.09 (0.93. 1.27) | 0.28 |
Cystic infarcts | 0.90 (0.73, 1.12) | 0.35 | 1.17 (0.84, 1.62) | 0.34 |
Hippocampal sclerosis | 0.91 (0.51, 1.61) | 0.75 | 1.34 (0.62, 2.89) | 0.45 |
Cerebral Microinfarcts | ||||
Any | 0.94 (0.76, 1.15) | 0.54 | 1.18 (0.85, 1.66) | 0.32 |
Any cortical | 0.90 (0.68, 1.19) | 0.47 | 1.58 (1.06, 2.35) | 0.026 |
Any deep | 1.02 (0.78, 1.33) | 0.90 | 1.30 (0.83, 2.05) | 0.25 |
Lewy bodies | ||||
Any | 1.00 (0.73, 1.37) | 0.99 | 1.44 (0.87, 2.39) | 0.16 |
Substantia Nigra / Locus Ceruleus |
1.04 (0.74, 1.45) | 0.84 | 1.48 (0.86, 2.55) | 0.16 |
Frontal or temporal cortex | 1.59 (1.06, 2.39) | 0.025 | 1.75 (0.82, 3.77) | 0.15 |
Amygdala / limbic | 1.22 (0.88, 1.69) | 0.24 | 1.16 (0.59, 2.27) | 0.67 |
See footnotes to Table 3. Across the three studies there were 1,439 people with no reported TBI with LOC. These models adjusted for age at death, sex, years of education, and indicator terms for ROS, MAP, and three different enrollment groups for ACT