Traumatic Brain Injury Linked To Higher All-Cause Mortality, Driven By Dementia-Related Deaths
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) was associated with increased long-term all-cause mortality in an analysis of data from the Framingham Heart Study (FHS). The association was largely driven by dementia-related mortality. TBI was not associated with non-dementia-related mortality. The association was stronger among participants who experienced multiple or more severe TBIs, most of which occurred due to falls.
The analysis included 10,333 participants from the FHS, which began in 1948 and has followed original participants and their offspring through 2022. In both cohorts, TBIs most commonly occurred later in life and were primarily attributable to . . .
