Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the UNITE study
Descriptions | |
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Inclusion criteria | |
1. | Men who played American football or ice hockey at the professional or Olympic level or who played at the collegiate, semiprofessional, or junior level for at least 2 years |
2. | Men who played a high-risk contact sport, other than American football or ice hockey, at the professional or Olympic level |
3. | Women who played a high-risk contact sport at the professional, Olympic, or collegiate level |
4. | Men or women who played a high-risk contact sport at the professional, Olympic, collegiate, or high school level who died before the age of 35 years |
5. | Men or women who played a high-risk contact sport at the professional, Olympic, collegiate, or high school level who were diagnosed with ALS during life |
6. | Men or women with a military history of combat exposure |
7. | Women with a history of domestic abuse |
Exclusion criteria | |
1. | Specimen with a postmortem interval before fixation of longer than 72 h |
2. | Specimen that was embalmed following brain autopsy |
3. | Specimen of less than one full hemisphere |