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. 2021 Jan 15;42(7):1987–2004. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25340

TABLE 1.

Demographic characteristics, neuropsychological scores, and symptoms in the healthy control and cmTBI groups

HC (n = 42) cmTBI (n = 59) Significance
Mean SD Mean SD
Age 32.00 8.53 29.86 6.31 n.s.
a Years of education 13.71 2.00 12.98 1.41 b n.s.
D‐KEFS
Number‐letter sequencing 11.05 2.00 10.17 2.31 p = .044
Letter fluency 11.14 3.66 10.09 2.82 n.s.
Category fluency 11.90 3.45 11.39 2.86 n.s.
Category switching 11.55 2.43 11.01 2.93 n.s.
WAIS
Digit symbol coding 10.50 2.70 9.77 2.94 n.s.
Processing speed index 105.43 16.29 102.95 14.53 n.s.
Symptoms HC (%) cmTBI (%) Symptoms HC (%) cmTBI (%)
Headaches 12.0 60.0 Lack of spontaneity 0.0 1.8
Dizziness 9.5 41.8 Affective lability 2.4 29.1
Fatigue 14.3 45.5 Depression 12.0 25.5
Memory difficulty 14.3 78.2 Trouble concentrating 19.1 27.3
Irritability 19.1 67.3 Bothered by noise 4.8 23.6
Anxiety 19.1 50.9 Bothered by light 14.3 14.6
Trouble with sleep 16.7 69.1 Coordination/balance problems 11.9 21.8
Hearing difficulties 16.7 50.9 Motor difficulty 0.0 0.0
Blurred vision, other visual difficulties 2.4 16.4 Difficulty with speech 2.4 7.3
Personality changes 2.4 27.3 Numbness/tingling 11.9 10.9
Apathy 0.0 18.2

Note: D‐KEFS refers to the Delis‐Kaplan Executive Function System. WAIS refers to the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale‐Third Edition. Neuropsychological measures are scaled scores (mean = 10, SD = 3), except for The WAIS Processing Speed Index, which is a standard score.

a

Years of education: High school = 12; AA = 14; bachelor's = 16; master's = 18; JD = 19; MD, DO, or ND = 20; PhD = 21; MD–PhD = 25.

b

Mann–Whitney U test.