Table 1

Subject characteristics

AgeYears of educationEst. IQ*WAIS-R Vocab.†WMS-R Verbal Mem. Index‡Six hour GCS§PTA (days)¶Coma length (hr)**ISS††TSI‡‡PET performance§§
*As determined by the North American Adult Reading Test - Revised33. †Standard scores from Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised34. ‡From Wechsler Memory Scale - Revised35. §Glasgow Coma Scale32. ¶As determined by two consecutive days of GOAT scores greater than or equal to 7536. **Number of hours with GCS <8. ††Injury Severity Score37. ‡‡Years from the date of injury to the date of testing. §§Proportion of word pairs correctly recalled during PET study.
TBI patients
    14110109131237.52124224.40.91
    224139311991223434.10.80
    329171041111132348293.90.75
    4231210512107112332433.90.36
    5281610812958.52872264.30.52
    63013917891016120384.60.27
    M2913.510211.01048.6718.849.833.54.200.60
    SD5.92.47.01.911.22.98.337.98.30.30.23
Healthy controls (n=11)
    M2617.8NANANANANANANA0.83
    SD42.5NANANANANANANA0.10