CTE is a degenerative brain disease that is found in people who have suffered repeated blows to the head. It can only be definitively diagnosed after death. CTE has been discovered in football players as well as other athletes, first responders and military members.
"With CTE consistently found in less than 1% of donors to community brain banks, an estimated 75% prevalence among NFL players who died over a 16-year period is concerning, and suggests we need to increase efforts to support families, diagnose CTE during life, and treat CTE-related symptoms," Gallini said.
"The wide range reflected uncertainty about how representative brain donors were of the overall NFL population," B.U. said in a statement. "Brain donors are more likely to have symptoms believed to be related to CTE, a concept known as selection bias."
"They used this estimated selection ratio to adjust the 94% prevalence of CTE observed among brain donors to an overall estimate of 74.5%," B.U. said.
"It's hard to learn what the guys who built the game have suffered through," former NFL quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, an ambassador for the study, said in a statement. "We have to learn from this data to make the game safer, because we can't accept these numbers for the next generation of players."
NFL and NFLPA respond to CTE study
The NFL Players Association said the study is one of many that are "critical" to understanding the long-term health impacts of football.
"The NFLPA remains committed to supporting scientific research, investing in resources that aid players' physical and mental well-being, and expanding access to care so that they can experience improved health outcomes during and after their playing careers," the union said.
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