JAMA Network Open
Spouse’s traumatic brain injury linked to higher death risk
Death risk was higher, with a hazard ratio—a measure of relative risk over time—of 1.24 compared with partners whose spouse had no traumatic brain injury.Death risk was higher, with a hazard ratio—a measure of relative risk over time—of 1.24 compared with partners whose spouse had no traumatic brain injury.
Cohort · 6,562 peopleTraumatic brain injury
Who was studied6,562 married partners, median 19.5 years, against partners whose spouse had no TBI
What changedDeath risk was higher among partners whose spouse had a traumatic brain injury (hazard ratio 1.24)
The catchMortality analyses retained only 3281 of 4506 baseline spousal pairs