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Few studies report the time period from injury to presentation; thus, it may be useful to determine early findings that identify patients who are likely to have persistent 30-day symptoms.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>OBJECTIVE<\/jats:title>To identify parameters associated with persistent 30-day symptoms in adult emergency department (ED) patients presenting shortly after a mild TBI (mTBI).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS<\/jats:title>This cohort analysis used the large and still enrolling HeadSMART II (Head Injury Serum Markers and Multi-modalities for Assessing Response to Trauma II) dataset. HeadSMART II began enrollment in 2021, and all patients with mTBI enrolled as of July 1, 2024, were included in this analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>EXPOSURE<\/jats:title>A diagnosis of mTBI, defined as a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 13 or higher.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES<\/jats:title>The primary outcome was mTBI symptoms persisting 30 days after presentation. The 30-day Rivermead Post Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire was used to define persistent symptoms. Wilcoxon rank-sum testing was applied to continuous variables, and the Fisher exact test was applied to categorical variables.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>RESULTS<\/jats:title>Overall, 803 HeadSMART II patients (median [IQR] age, 41.0 [27.0-57.0] years; 404 male [50.3%]) with 30-day follow-up data were assessed at a median (IQR) of 1.5 (0.7-10.6) hours after their injury. Most patients were employed (565 of 794 patients [71.2%]) and had a fall or head struck by object as the mechanism of injury (387 of 802 patients [48.3%]). Trauma above clavicle (279 of 404 men [69.1%] vs 231 of 398 women [58.0%]) and the presence of fracture (103 of 403 men [25.6%] vs 60 of 396 women [15.2%]) or laceration (156 of 404 men [38.6%] vs 94 of 398 women [23.6%]) occurred more often in men than in women, whereas headaches occurred more often in women than in men (338 of 398 women [84.9%] vs 314 of 401 men [78.3%]). Over time, TBI symptoms declined for all. The presentation characteristics associated with persistent 30-day symptoms included female sex (odds ratio [OR], 2.09; 95% CI, 1.54-2.87); elevated body mass index (ie, 32.6; OR, 1.03; 95% CI, 1.01-1.06); mechanism of injury, including fall (OR, 2.87; 95% CI, 1.28-7.67), vehicular crash (OR, 3.79; 95% CI, 1.68-10.19), and abuse (OR, 3.67; 95% CI, 1.43-10.73); a prior diagnosis of headaches or migraines (OR, 2.76; 95% CI, 1.94-3.92), depression (OR, 2.25; 95% CI, 1.64-3.10), or anxiety (OR, 2.52; 95% CI, 1.83-3.48); and the presence of focal neurological deficits (OR, 1.52; 95% CI, 1.10-2.10), headache (OR, 2.08; 95% CI, 1.35-3.32), or multiple computed tomography scans (OR, 2.22; 95% CI, 1.49-3.36) at intake.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE<\/jats:title>In the 803 patients with mTBI with complete 30-day data and a median initial presentation of 90 minutes after injury, those with any of the 9 identified baseline characteristics were more likely than patients without those characteristics to have persistent postconcussive symptoms at 30 days.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2025.37729","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,17]],"date-time":"2025-10-17T15:30:30Z","timestamp":1760715030000},"page":"e2537729","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Factors Associated With Persistent Symptoms Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury"],"prefix":"10.1001","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"W. 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