TABLE 1.
Deployed control |
Blast exposed |
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Mean ± SEM, (Range) | Mean ± SEM, (Range) | p Value | |
Demographics | |||
Number of participants, n | 34 | 105 | |
Age (years) | 32.7 ± 1.1 (22–46) | 33.6 ±0.8 (21–60) | 0.588 |
Education (years) | 14.2 ± 0.3 (12–18) | 14.1 ± 0.2 (11–20) | 0.805 |
Race, nonwhite, n (%) | 9 (26%) | 21 (20%) | 0.476 |
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Blast exposure | |||
Estimated number of blast exposures with | 19 ± 3 (1 to >100) | ||
Acute symptoms during military service (lifetime) | Median = 7 | ||
Estimated number of mTBI with loss of | 0.98 ± 0.2 (0 to 8) | ||
Consciousness (lifetime) | Median = 1 | ||
Time since last blast-related | 5.4 ± 0.3 (0.25–13) | ||
mTBI (years) | Median = 5 |