Epidemiology
TEA characteristically starts in late middle-age. In a sample of validated individuals with TEA had a mean age of 62 and a range of 44 to 77 years of age for the first attack. Research samples have been predominantly male by a ratio of two-to-one. The IQ of people diagnosed with TEA tends to be in the high average to superior range, perhaps due to selection bias.
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