Sex, race, and risk of dementia diagnosis after traumatic brain injury among older veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether sex and race differences exist in dementia diagnosis risk associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI) among older veterans.

Methods

Using Fine-Gray regression models, we investigated incident dementia diagnosis risk with TBI exposure by sex and race.

Results

After the exclusion of baseline prevalent dementia, the final sample (all veterans ≥55 years of age diagnosed with TBI during the 2001-2015 study period and a random sample of all veterans receiving Veterans Health Administration care) included nearly 1 million veterans (4.3% female; 81.8% White, 11.5% Black, and 1.25% Hispanic), 96,178 with TBI and 903,462 without TBI. Compared to those without TBI, Hispanic veterans with TBI were almost 2 times more likely (17.0% vs 10.3%; hazar

SUBMITTER: Kornblith E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7682824 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature