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Mortality among veterans with epilepsy: Temporal significance of traumatic brain injury exposure
Roghani A, Wang C, Henion A, Amuan M, Altalib H, LaFrance W, Baca C, Van Cott A, Towne A, Kean J, Hinds S, Kennedy E, Panahi S, Pugh M. Mortality among veterans with epilepsy: Temporal significance of traumatic brain injury exposure. Epilepsia 2024, 65: 2255-2269. PMID: 39119799, DOI: 10.1111/epi.18026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTraumatic brain injuryIndex dateTraumatic brain injury exposureDocumented traumatic brain injuryHazard ratioVeterans Health AdministrationConfidence intervalsTraumatic brain injury diagnosisPost-9/11 veteransDefense Health AgencyCox proportional hazards modelsAssociated with earlier timeProportional hazards modelRetrospective cohort studyHealth careHealth AdministrationHealth agenciesCumulative mortality rateInjury exposureMortality riskMortality hazardCohort studyVeteransSignificant mortality riskHazards model
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Distinct comorbidity phenotypes among post‐9/11 Veterans with epilepsy are linked to diverging outcomes and mortality risks
Pugh M, Clary H, Myers M, Kennedy E, Amuan M, Swan A, Hinds S, LaFrance W, Altalib H, Towne A, Henion A, White A, Baca C, Wang C. Distinct comorbidity phenotypes among post‐9/11 Veterans with epilepsy are linked to diverging outcomes and mortality risks. Epilepsia 2024 PMID: 39487827, DOI: 10.1111/epi.18170.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Health AdministrationCause of deathService membersLatent class analysisPost-9/11 service membersVeterans receiving careContinuity of careInterdisciplinary health teamComorbid phenotypesPost-9/11 veteransOverall patient careMitigate adverse outcomesHealth teamsEpilepsy diagnosisAssociated with mortalityHealth trajectoriesHealth AdministrationPatient carePost-traumatic stress disorderMortality outcomesDescriptive statisticsAnnual diagnosesChronic diseasesNational cohortMortality risk