Czerniak, Lauren L. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4379-2004
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Liebel, Spencer W. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7036-4198
Garcia, Gian-Gabriel P. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9315-0195
Lavieri, Mariel S.
McCrea, Michael A.
McAllister, Thomas W.
Broglio, Steven P. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2282-9325
Funding for this research was provided by:
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs through the Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Program (W81XWH-14-2-0151)
Article History
Accepted: 19 November 2020
First Online: 14 December 2020
Declarations
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: This publication was made possible, in part, by support from the Grand Alliance CARE Consortium, funded by the NCAA and the Department of Defense. The US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, 820 Chandler Street, Fort Detrick, MD 21702-5014, USA, is the awarding and administering acquisition office. This work was supported by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs through the Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Program under Award no. W81XWH-14-2-0151. Opinions, interpretations, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Department of Defense (Defense Health Program funds).
: Lauren L. Czerniak, Spencer W. Liebel, Gian-Gabriel P. Garcia, and Mariel S. Lavieri have no competing interests directly relevant to the content of this study. Michael A. McCrea, Thomas W. McAllister, and Steven P. Broglio received research support from the NCAA and the U.S. Department of Defense.
: This research study follows the standards of ethics stated in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: All individuals provided written informed consent which was approved by the local institution and the US Army Human Research Protection Office.
: CARE Consortium Review Board as well as the US Army Human Research Protection Office.
: The NCAA-DoD CARE dataset is available in the FITBIR database (ExternalRef removed).
: The R code is accessible by contacting the corresponding author.
: LLC performed all data analysis, created and formatted tables and figures, and was a major contributor in writing the manuscript. SWL was a major contributor in writing the manuscript. GPG contributed greatly in data acquisition, data analysis, and writing the manuscript. MSL contributed to the design of the statistical analysis and writing of the manuscript. MAM and TM helped with data collection, securing funding, and final approval of the manuscript. SPB helped with the study design, securing funding, data interpretation, drafting and final approval of the manuscript.