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. 2021 Nov 23;38(23):3341–3351. doi: 10.1089/neu.2021.0324

Table 3.

Predictors of Higher NPD Count, and Effect of Mild TBI on NPD Count at 3 Months: Unadjusted and Adjusted Poisson Log-Linear Regression Analysis

 
 
Unadjusted analysis
Adjusted analysis
  N Mean ratio (95% CI) p Value Mean ratio (95% CI) p Value
mTBI vs. OI 283 3.647 (1.264, 15.405) 0.014 3.724 (1.264, 15.945) 0.015
Age, per year 283 1.006 (0.833, 1.222) 0.951    
Female sex 283 0.834 (0.324, 1.914) 0.680    
Socioeconomic Status, per unit 283 0.709 (0.473, 1.047) 0.084 0.618 (0.383, 0.973) 0.037
Race (Minority vs. White 283 0.592 (0.197, 1.462) 0.271    
Pre-injury lifetime psychiatric disorder 283 2.876 (1.306, 6.614) 0.009 2.284 (1.026, 5.305) 0.043
Pre-injury Vineland Adaptive Behavior Composite, per unit 283 0.993 (0.963, 1.023) 0.647    
Family Psychiatric History, high vs. low 280 2.833 (1.260, 6.944) 0.011 2.748 (1.201, 6.839) 0.016
McMaster Structured Interview of Family Function Clinical Rating Scale (McSIFF CRS), per unit 255 0.683 (0.498, 0.950) 0.024    
Family Assessment Device (mother; FAD), per unit 280 0.935 (0.358, 2.277) 0.886    
WASI-II Full-Scale IQ, per unit 281 0.982 (0.955, 1.010) 0.161    
WRAT-4 Sentence Comprehension 282 0.989 (0.966, 1.012) 0.331    
WRAT-4 Calculation Skills 282 0.996 (0.972, 1.021) 0.733    
Injury Severity Score 283 0.901 (0.717, 1.093) 0.311    

Bolded numbers represent variables with p < 0.15 values in single-predictor analyses, which were included in the starting model for multi-predictor analyses.

The results are reported as mean ratios and 95% confidence intervals, based on the likelihood ratio test.

NPD, novel psychiatric disorder; TBI, traumatic brain injury; CI, confidence interval; mTBI, mild traumatic brain injury; OI, orthopedic injury; WASI-II, Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence Second Edition; WRAT-4, Wide Range Achievement Test-4th Edition.