Occupation and Risk of Traumatic Brain Injury in the Millennium Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an occupational health hazard of military service. Few studies have examined differences in military occupational categories (MOC) which take into consideration the physical demands and job requirements across occupational groups.

Methods

This study was approved by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Institutional Review Board. Data for this cross-sectional study were obtained from the Naval Health Research Center's Millennium Cohort Study, an ongoing DoD study. Univariate analyses were employed to calculate frequencies and proportions for all variables. Bivariate analyses included unadjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% CI for the association between all variables and TBI. Multivariable logistic regression was us

SUBMITTER: Jannace KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9418381 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature