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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2020 Jul 24;89:380–388. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.07.024

Table 2:

Effects of prior concussion on variables of interest

Clinical measures Main Effect Contrast MD Std. Error 95 % CI p
Symp. Sev. Score χ2(2)=8.93, p=0.012 0 vs. 1 0.16 0.31 −0.44, 0.77 0.60
0 vs. 2+ −0.81 0.31 −1.41, −0.12 0.01
1 vs. 2+ −0.97 0.36 −1.68, −0.26 0.01
BSI-GSI χ2(2)=5.95, p=0.051 0 vs. 1 −0.03 0.29 −0.60, 0.54 0.92
0 vs. 2+ −0.69 0.30 −1.27, −0.11 0.02
1 vs. 2+ −0.66 0.34 −1.33, 0.01 0.05
ImPACT-Memory χ2(2)=0.52, p=0.77 0 vs. 1 −0.04 0.17 −0.38, 0.29 0.79
0 vs. 2+ 0.10 0.18 −0.25, 0.44 0.58
1 vs. 2+ 0.14 0.20 −0.25, 0.54 0.48
ImPACT-Speed χ2(2)=0.50, p=0.78 0 vs. 1 −0.01 0.16 −0.32, 0.29 0.94
0 vs. 2+ 0.10 0.16 −0.21, 0.42 0.52
1 vs. 2+ 0.12 0.18 −0.25, 0.48 0.53
Baseline
Inflammatory
markers
CRP χ2(2)=0.11, p=0.94 0 vs. 1 −0.09 0.29 −0.67, 0.48 0.76
0 vs. 2+ 0.01 0.30 −0.58, 0.60 0.98
1 vs. 2+ 0.10 0.35 −0.58, 0.78 0.78
IL-6 χ2(2)=0.83, p=0.66 0 vs. 1 0.03 0.14 −0.24, 0.31 0.82
0 vs. 2+ −0.11 0.15 −0.40, 0.18 0.44
1 vs. 2+ −0.14 0.17 −0.47, 0.19 0.39
IL-1RA χ2(2)=1.89, p=0.39 0 vs. 1 −0.02 0.10 −0.22, 0.18 0.86
0 vs. 2+ −0.14 0.10 −0.34, 0.06 0.19
1 vs. 2+ −0.12 0.12 −0.36, 0.11 0.31
Subcortical
Volume
Hippocampus F(2, 192.01)=0.66, p=0.52 0 vs. 1 153.30 153.39 −149.24, 455.85 0.32
0 vs. 2+ 141.61 160.21 −174.38, 457.60 0.38
1 vs. 2+ −11.69 179.48 −365.70, 342.32 0.95

Note: MD = estimated marginal mean difference, SE = standard error; CI = confidence interval, Symp. Sev. Score= SCAT-3 Symptom Severity Score, BSI-GSI = Brief Symptom Inventory Global Severity Index, C-reactive Protein (CRP), IL = interleukin, RA = receptor antagonist. Natural log-transformed values of inflammatory markers are presented (pg/mL). Symp. Sev. Score and BSI-GSI values obtained from the conducted negative binomial models with log link transformed are presented. Hippocampal volumes are presented in mm3. The lower and upper levels of quantification for markers in pg/mL are as follows: IL-1RA, 0.17-5.14 and 732-1,150; IL-6, 0.006-0.26 and 721-764; CRP, 1.11-4.62 and 202,000.