TABLE 1.
Variable | Controls | PTSD | PCS + PTSD | |
DEMOGRAPHICS AND HEAD MOTION | ||||
Age, years | Mean | 32.6 | 32.2 | 33.7 |
Median | 31 | 32 | 33 | |
SD | 6.7 | 7.6 | 6.8 | |
Education, years | Mean | 15.1 | 14.5 | 14.1 |
Median | 16 | 14 | 14 | |
SD | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.9 | |
Race | White | 18 (66.7%) | 11 (64.7%) | 26 (66.7%) |
Black | 2 (7.4%) | 3 (17.6%) | 9 (22.0%) | |
Hispanic | 3 (11.1%) | 3 (17.6%) | 2 (4.9%) | |
Asian | 2 (7.4%) | 0 | 1 (2.4%) | |
Other | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.4%) | |
Head motion (mean frame-wise displacement) | Mean | 0.098 | 0.121 | 0.111 |
Median | 0.072 | 0.076 | 0.069 | |
SD | 0.082 | 0.106 | 0.104 | |
Medication | 2 (7.4%) | 4 (23.5%) | 13 (31.7%)* | |
Lifetime mTBIs | Mean (Range) | 0.3 (2) | 1.1 (6) | 2.5 (15)* |
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES | ||||
Traumatic stressa | Mean | 23.5 | 56.6 | 70.9 |
Median | 21.5 | 48.5 | 70.5 | |
SD | 4.2 | 17.8 | 15.2 | |
Post-concussive symptomsa | Mean | 6.6 | 25.9 | 43.4 |
Median | 5 | 17.5 | 41.5 | |
SD | 4.8 | 19.2 | 16.1 | |
Combat exposurea | Mean | 7.2 | 16.7 | 28.6 |
Median | 2.5 | 15 | 29 | |
SD | 9.8 | 11.2 | 8.6 | |
NEUROCOGNITIVE MEASURES | ||||
Neurocognitive composite indext,z | Mean | 101.2 | 94.3 | 81.7 |
Median | 100.7 | 94.6 | 82.2 | |
SD | 12.9 | 12.5 | 20.7 | |
Reaction time | Mean | 97.4 | 95.3 | 84 |
Median | 101 | 92 | 91 | |
SD | 23 | 11.9 | 32.8 | |
Complex attentiont | Mean | 94.2 | 78.1 | 70 |
Median | 99.5 | 92 | 80 | |
SD | 23.3 | 30.9 | 31.3 | |
Cognitive flexibilityt,z | Mean | 103.6 | 97.1 | 80.5 |
Median | 103 | 93 | 86 | |
SD | 16.3 | 15.2 | 26.7 | |
Processing speedt | Mean | 104.8 | 100.1 | 89.9 |
Median | 104 | 98 | 92 | |
SD | 20.9 | 11 | 20.1 | |
Executive functioningt,z | Mean | 106 | 101 | 84.1 |
Median | 104.5 | 104 | 90 | |
SD | 13.3 | 13.2 | 24.8 | |
Verbal memory | Mean | 99.6 | 92.1 | 83.6 |
Median | 106.5 | 103 | 83 | |
SD | 12.5 | 9.5 | 13.9 |
adenotes p < 0.05, all three groups; tdenotes p < 0.05, Controls vs. PCS + PTSD, zdenotes p < 0.05, PTSD vs. PCS + PTSD. Traumatic Stress = PCL5; Post-concussive Symptoms = NSI; Combat Exposure = CES.