Survival and longevity among male Australian elite athletes: A retrospective cohort study
Expected survival benefits were offset in elite male Australian football and rugby union players. Further research examining cause-specific mortality is warranted to elucidate the underlying reasons for the observed lack of expected survival benefit in Australian football and rugby union players.
Authors
- Reidar P. Lystad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0506-0902)
- S. Vedantam
Institutions
- Australian Hearing (AU)
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of science and medicine in sport
- Published
- 2024-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2024.09.005
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.80