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Table 2 Risk of neurological conditions comparing active duty DWH-CG Cohort responders to non-responders, 2010-2015

From: Risk of longer-term neurological conditions in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Coast Guard Cohort Study – Five years of follow-up

 

Responder (N=5964)

Non-responder (N=39260)

 

Condition (ICD-9 code)

N

Person Years

N

Person Years

HRa (95% CI)

Migraine (346)

156

25629

1181

172292

0.97 (0.82-1.14)

 Migraine with aura (346.0)

30

26462

181

177225

1.15 (0.78-1.70)

 Migraine without aura (346.1)

22

26465

234

176852

0.66 (0.43-1.03)

 Migraine, unspecified (346.9)

130

25812

933

173573

1.03 (0.86-1.24)

Migraine excl. menstrual migraine and persistent migraine aura with cerebral infarction (346.1-346.3, 346.5, 346.7-346.9)

145

25704

1097

172660

0.97 (0.81-1.15)

Headache (784.0)

245

25244

2047

167802

0.84 (0.74-0.96)

Other headache syndromes (339)

81

26313

557

176064

0.99 (0.79-1.26)

Headaches/migraines combined (339, 346, 784.0)

371

24383

2926

163050

0.91 (0.82-1.01)

Headaches/migraines combined excl. menstrual migraine and persistent migraine aura with cerebral infarction (339, 346.1-346.3, 346.5, 346.7-346.9, 784.0)

366

24438

2872

163325

0.92 (0.82-1.02)

Memory loss (780.93)

21

26538

154

177431

0.88 (0.55-1.38)

Signs and symptoms involving cognition (799.5)

13

26564

65

177742

1.24 (0.68-2.25)

 Attention or concentration deficit (799.51)

10

26570

52

177757

1.19 (0.61-2.34)

Essential and other specified forms of tremor (333.1)

10

26565

56

177618

1.19 (0.60-2.33)

 Restless legs syndrome (333.94)

27

26499

200

177262

0.89 (0.59-1.33)

Facial nerve disorders (351)

15

26511

83

177474

1.23 (0.71-2.14)

Nerve root and plexus disorders (353)

24

26488

159

177262

1.00 (0.65-1.53)b

Mononeuritis of upper limb and mononeuritis multiplex (354)

123

26135

808

174996

1.02 (0.84-1.23)

 Carpal tunnel syndrome (354.0)

81

26309

519

176051

1.06 (0.83-1.34)

Mononeuritis of lower limb (355)

74

26397

470

176353

1.03 (0.80-1.31)

Peripheral neuropathy (356.4, 356.8, 356.9, 357.89)

17

26520

143

177384

0.78 (0.47-1.30)

Visual disturbances (368)

87

26200

647

175307

0.90 (0.72-1.13)

 Subjective visual disturbances (368.1)

21

26512

114

177400

1.27 (0.79-2.02)

Hearing loss (389)

292

25461

1734

171674

1.10 (0.97-1.24)

Tinnitus (388.3)

131

26198

948

175226

0.89 (0.74-1.07)

Syncope and collapse (780.2)

57

26298

531

175386

0.74 (0.56-0.97)

Dizziness and giddiness (780.4)

146

25950

996

173680

1.00 (0.84-1.19)

Abnormality of gait (781.2)

66

26326

395

176294

1.09 (0.84-1.42)

Disturbance of skin sensation (782.0)

146

26025

1197

173279

0.81 (0.68-0.96)

  1. aModels adjusted for age, sex, and race
  2. bBecause of the proportionality of hazards assumption violation for nerve root and plexus disorders during 2010-2015 (Schoenfeld p<0.05), results from sub-period analyses were: 2010-2012: Nresponder=14, Nnon-responder=79, HR=1.29, 95% CI: 0.73-2.29 and 2013-2015: Nresponder =10, Nnon-responder =80, HR=0.75, 95% CI: 0.39-1.45.
  3. Bold indicative of statistical significance