Neurologic Diagnoses Before and After Traumatic Brain Injury
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Key Points
To investigate the incidence of stroke, Parkinson disease, epilepsy, and dementia in older Veterans before and after acute TBI.
Identified Veterans aged ≥55 years with acute TBI using VHA databases.
Matched participants 3:1 with a non-TBI cohort based on demographics.
Calculated incidence rate ratios (IRRs) comparing pre-TBI and post-TBI periods.
Veterans with TBI had significantly higher pre-TBI incidence rates of stroke (IRR = 3.2), dementia (IRR = 3.1), PD (IRR = 3.0), and epilepsy (IRR = 4.4) compared to the non-TBI cohort.
Post-TBI, incidence rates also increased for stroke (IRR = 1.83) and epilepsy (IRR = 2.29), with dementia incidence higher (IRR = 1.24), while PD rates remained stable (IRR = 1.06).
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Implication
Retrospective cohort study investigating neurologic conditions before and after TBI in older Veterans, suggesting a bidirectional association.