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RHI\/TBI.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Exposures<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    Blinded to neuropathological information, clinicians reviewed prospective study and medical records and conducted informant interviews, and an expert panel adjudicated TES diagnoses, including provisional levels of certainty for CTE pathology (suggestive\/possible\/probable). TES diagnoses were\n                    <jats:italic>a priori<\/jats:italic>\n                    dichotomized: TES with possible\/probable CTE (CTE\n                    <jats:sub>pos\/prob<\/jats:sub>\n                    ) vs. no TES\/TES with suggestive CTE (CTE\n                    <jats:sub>sug<\/jats:sub>\n                    ).\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    Blinded to clinical information, neuropathologists applied NINDS\/NIBIB CTE neuropathological criteria and staging (I-IV). CTE diagnoses were\n                    <jats:italic>a priori<\/jats:italic>\n                    dichotomized: stages II-IV vs. no CTE\/stage I.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    Among 193 brain donors [men:153 (79.3%), mean age:66.4 (SD:22.0)], 57 (29.5%) donors met clinical criteria for CTE\n                    <jats:sub>pos\/prob<\/jats:sub>\n                    and 42 (21.8%) donors met neuropathological criteria for CTE stages II-IV. There was high agreement between panelists for CTE\n                    <jats:sub>pos\/prob<\/jats:sub>\n                    vs. no TES\/CTE\n                    <jats:sub>sug<\/jats:sub>\n                    (ICC:0.95, 95%CI:0.88-0.97). CTE\n                    <jats:sub>pos\/prob<\/jats:sub>\n                    sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio (LR) and negative LR for CTE stages II-IV were: 0.77 (95%CI:0.64-0.89), 0.84 (95%CI:0.78-0.90), 4.8 (95%CI:3.02-7.61), 0.28 (95%CI:0.15-0.50); age\u226550:0.90 (95%CI:0.80-1), 0.90 (95%CI:0.85-0.96), 9.2 (95%CI:4.9-17.27), 0.11 (95%CI:0.04-0.33). All younger false positives (age&lt;50; n=13) had a mental health, substance use and\/or pain disorder. All older false positives (age\u226550; n=11) had non-CTE neurodegenerative and vascular pathologies. 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<jats:p>In this clinicopathological diagnostic\/prognostic study that included brain donors from varied brain banks, head impact exposures and ages, TES criteria sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio (LR) and negative LR were 0.77, 0.84, 4.8 and 0.28 with improved performance above age\u226550 (0.90, 0.90, 9.2, 0.11).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Meaning<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The NINDS TES criteria were sensitive and specific for CTE neuropathology across varied head impact exposures, particularly above age 50.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.64898\/2026.05.24.26353505","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,3]],"date-time":"2026-06-03T04:35:19Z","timestamp":1780461319000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Validity of the NINDS traumatic encephalopathy syndrome criteria for predicting 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