Duration of American Football Play and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
Jesse MezDaniel H DaneshvarBobak AbdolmohammadiAlicia S ChuaMichael L AloscoPatrick T KiernanLaney EversLaura MarshallBrett M MartinJoseph N PalmisanoChristopher J NowinskiIan MaharJonathan D CherryVictor E AlvarezBrigid DwyerBertrand R HuberThor D SteinLee E GoldsteinDouglas I KatzRobert C CantuRhoda AuNeil W KowallRobert A SternMichael D McCleanJennifer WeuveYorghos TripodisAnn C McKeePublished in: Annals of neurology (2019)
The odds of CTE double every 2.6 years of football played. After accounting for brain bank selection, the magnitude of the relationship between years played and CTE status remained consistent. ANN NEUROL 2020;87:116-131.