Mortality Among Professional American-Style Football Players and Professional American Baseball Players.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Studies of American-style football players have suggested lower overall mortality rates compared with general populations, but with possibly increased neurodegenerative mortality. However, comparisons with general populations can introduce bias. This study compared mortality between US National Football League (NFL) and US Major League Baseball (MLB) players, a more appropriate comparison group of professional athletes.

Objective

To compare all-cause and cause-specific mortality between NFL and MLB players.

Design, setting, and participants

In this retrospective cohort study, the setting was US mortality from January 1, 1979, through December 31, 2013. The dates of analysis were January 2016 to April 2019. Participants were 3419 NFL and 2708 MLB players wit

SUBMITTER: Nguyen VT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6632140 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature