Mortality of female and male Croatian Olympic athletes: a 1948-2016 cohort study
Croatian male and female Olympians experience reduced overall mortality compared with the Croatian general population. Croatian male Olympians have reduced cardiovascular, neoplastic, digestive, and respiratory mortalities compared with the Croatian general population.
Authors
- Tomislav Letilović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1229-7983)
- Mario Šekerija (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7508-1501)
- Vedran Radonić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2115-2826)
- Ivana Jurin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2637-9691)
- Marijan Erceg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7720-9422)
- Irzal Hadžibegović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3768-9134)
- Miran Martinac
Institutions
- University of Zagreb (HR)
- University Hospital Dubrava (HR)
- Hrvatski zavod za javno zdravstvo (HR)
- Klinička bolnica Merkur (HR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Croatian Medical Journal
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2025.66.309
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00