Mild traumatic brain injury is associated with effect of inflammation on structural changes of default mode network in those developing chronic pain

Table 2 Patients’s clinical data

Initial (acute phase)	mTBI + APTH	mTBI - APTH	P (2-tailed)
Duration after onset of mTBI, day	2.42 ± 1.45	2.29 ± 1.57	0.65
Duration of LOC (min)	9.70 ± 8.94	10.76 ± 12.96	0.78
Duration of PTA (h)	0.28 ± 1.01	0.18 ± 0.53	0.86
PCS (RPQ-6)	10.37 ± 6.95	5.59 ± 3.18	0.007
Follow-up (chronic phase)	mTBI + CPTH	mTBI - CPTH	P (2-tailed)
Duration after onset of mTBI, day	104 ± 12	114.1 ± 23.92	0.14
Duration of LOC (min)	7.9 ± 6.2	9.74 ± 10.2	0.433
Duration of PTA (h)	0.2 ± 0.56	0.15 ± 0.49	0.767
PCS (RPQ-6)	15 ± 7.09	8.13 ± 5.48	0.003

Mean ± standard deviation are reported. mTBI + APTH mild traumatic brain injury and acute post-traumatic headache, mTBI – APTH mild traumatic brain injury without acute post-traumatic headache, mTBI + CPTH mild traumatic brain injury and chronic post-traumatic headache, mTBI –CPTH mild traumatic brain injury without chronic post-traumatic headache, PCS Post concussive symptoms, RPQ Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire, LOC Loss of consciousness, PTA Posttraumatic amnesia

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