Table 4:
Percent of Cases Developing the 10 Most Frequent Medical Comorbidities in the Decade after TBI by Age Cohort
Same Time / After TBI | |||||||||
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< 50 Years at 10 Year FU |
≥ 50 Years at 10 Year FU |
≥ 50 vs. < 50 Years Comparison |
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X / N | Percent | 95% CI | X / N | Percent | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | p-value | |
Back Pain | 47/209 | 22.5 | (16.8, 28.2) | 40/190 | 21.1 | (15.2, 26.9) | 0.92 | (0.57, 1.48) | 0.7288 |
Depression | 48/207 | 23.2 | (17.4, 29.0) | 35/189 | 18.5 | (12.9, 24.1) | 0.75 | (0.46, 1.23) | 0.2549 |
Hypertension | 32/207 | 15.5 | (10.5, 20.4) | 47/187 | 25.1 | (18.9, 31.4) | 1.84 | (1.11, 3.03) | 0.0175 |
Anxiety | 40/208 | 19.2 | (13.8, 24.6) | 38/190 | 20.0 | (14.3, 25.7) | 1.05 | (0.64, 1.72) | 0.8469 |
Fractures (Hip/Wrist/Spine) | 41/209 | 19.6 | (14.2, 25.0) | 32/191 | 16.8 | (11.4, 22.1) | 0.82 | (0.49, 1.37) | 0.4594 |
High Blood Cholesterol | 26/210 | 12.4 | (7.9, 16.9) | 42/188 | 22.3 | (16.3, 28.3) | 2.04 | (1.19, 3.48) | 0.0092 |
Sleep Disorder | 20/210 | 9.5 | (5.5, 13.5) | 27/190 | 14.2 | (2.5, 9.2) | 1.57 | (0.85, 2.91) | 0.1485 |
Panic Attacks | 33/208 | 15.9 | (10.9, 20.9) | 11/189 | 5.8 | (2.5, 9.2) | 0.33 | (1.16, 0.67) | 0.0022 |
Osteoarthritis | 14/210 | 6.7 | (3.3, 10.1) | 24/190 | 12.6 | (7.9, 17.4) | 2.02 | (1.01, 4.04) | 0.0454 |
Diabetes | 9/211 | 4.3 | (1.5, 7.0) | 26/191 | 13.6 | (8.7, 18.5) | 3.54 | (1.61, 7.76) | 0.0016 |
X = number of patients reporting comorbidity, N = total number of patients with and without the comorbidity; CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio