Mortality and longevity of elite athletes.

Mortality in Professional Athletes: Examining Incidence, Predictors ...

Methods: Data on player lifespan and biological and occupational variables were collected from publically available sources. A majority of the ...

Do Former Football Players Age Prematurely?

Looking across all conditions, these athletes' health spans were reduced by nearly a decade. Get more HMS news here. Notably, the effects ...

Return-to-Play for Athletes With Long QT Syndrome or Genetic Heart ...

Each year, 1 in 50,000 to 1 in 80,000 athletes experience sudden cardiac death (SCD), making it the leading medical cause of death among this ...

Massive study uncovers how much exercise is needed to live longer

Meeting the minimum for moderate and vigorous activity can reduce cardiovascular disease mortality by 22% to 31%. A separate study published in JAMA Oncology ...

Can My Choice of Workout Have an Impact on My Lifespan?

(The researchers did, however, find a higher mortality rate among athletes ... elite athletes, even those in less physical sports, were likely to ...

Do "big guys" really die younger? An examination of height and ...

Descriptive findings indicated that the tallest players (top 5%) died younger than the shortest players (bottom 5%) in all but one birth decade (1941–1950).

Longevity and Cardiovascular Mortality among Former College ...

Among 681 former Harvard College athletes (lettermen), longevity and cardiovascular mortality differed not by type of sport but by extent of participation.

The Mortality Experience of Major-League Baseball Players

Do the conditioning and training of professional athletes determine their length of life or cause of death? We have addressed this question ...

Do pro football players have a higher risk of dying earlier? - CNN

An editorial published alongside the study by researchers not involved in the report said that “Although the life expectancy of professional ...

Correlates of Longevity among Former NCAA Football Players

This proposal will examine mortality rates among NFL players ... elite athletes, especially professional boxers and American football players.

An Analysis of the Life Expectancy of National Football League ...

Most importantly, players who played more than 2 seasons worth of games have higher mortality rates than those that have played less. In the 1994 season, line ...

The Life Expectancy of Elite Athletes Across Different Sports

We've calculated the life expectancy of elite athletes across 10 sports, and with the help of an expert, analyzed the causes of death.

Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Mortality Risk Across the Spectra of ...

For those ≥70.0 years of age with exercise capacity of approximately ≥7.0 METs, the life expectancy was approximately 2.7 years longer compared ...

Does Exercise Extend Your Lifespan or Just Your Healthspan?

With the exception of elite male power athletes, who may die at nearly five times the normal rate (perhaps due to use of anabolic steroids), ...

Longevity and Vo2max? Does it Actually Matter?

One large study found a 5x lower risk of mortality in the highest versus lowest fitness group. ... It's why when we look at elite athletes, Vo2max tends to ...

TOUR DE FRANCE: Are Elite Athletes At Less Risk of CV Death?

Elite cyclists participating in the Tour de France have significantly lower mortality compared to the general male population in France, ...

List of premature professional wrestling deaths - Wikipedia

According to a 2014 study by Eastern Michigan University examining professional wrestlers who were active between 1985 and 2011, mortality rates for ...

Response from Harmon et al to Letter Regarding Article, “Sudden ...

Return-to-play for elite athletes with genetic heart diseases predisposing to sudden cardiac death. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023;82:661–670. doi ...

Sweat equity: Why the sauna is a hot recovery tactic for NHL players

They're not necessarily pondering their mortality when entering the sauna. They are, however, worried about their longevity throughout the ...

Which Sport Has The Longest Life Expectancy | Modern Healthspan

In this video we review a very interesting study that looked at various sports and how they impacted lifespan.