Title Mortality and its risk factors among professional athletes : a comparison between former NBA and NFL players / Jeffrey S. Markowitz

Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource Series SpringerBriefs in public health SpringerBriefs in public health. Contents Introduction -- Methods -- Life and death statistics -- Part I. Internal risk factor analysis -- Race -- Body mass index (BMI) -- Birthplace region -- Playing experience -- Multivariate analysis -- Player position -- Part II. External analysis -- Mortality comparisons between NBA and NFL players versus the general population -- Conclusions, implications, and discussion Intro; Prologue; References; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; Introduction; Brief History of Public Health and Mortality Research; Current Study Purpose and Background; Internal Analysis; External Analysis; References; Chapter 2: Methods; Introduction; Data Sources; Study Design; Mortality Outcomes; Vital Status; Time to Death; Hypotheses; General Statistical Plan; Alpha Level; SAS Procedures; References; Chapter 3: Life and Death Statistics; Introduction; Results; Year of Birth; Mortality Outcomes by League; Vital Status by League Age, Age at Death, and Critical Age by LeagueMortality Risk Based on Year of Birth Categories; Summary of Results; Discussion; Part I: Internal Risk Factor Analysis; Chapter 4: Race; Introduction; Literature on Mortality and Race; Life Expectancy Between Races in the General Population; Race and Mortality Among Professional Basketball and Football Players; Professional Basketball; Professional Football; Methods; Measurement of Race; Results; Frequency of Race by League; Mortality Outcomes by Race; Vital Status by Race and League; Cox Models Predicting Mortality Risk Based on Race Post Hoc Between-League Analysis Based on Continuous Version of BMISummary of Results; Discussion; References; Chapter 6: Birthplace Region; Introduction; Literature Review; Methods; Results; Frequency Distributions of Birthplace Region; Mortality Outcomes by Birthplace Region; Vital Status Based on Birthplace Region and League; Cox Models of Mortality Risk Based on Birthplace Region; Analysis of Birthplace Region and Region Graduated from High School; Summary of Results; Discussion; References; Chapter 7: Playing Experience; Introduction; Literature Review Years of Playing Experience and Exposure-ResponseYears of Playing Experience as an SES-Related Variable; Methods; Results; Descriptive Statistics; Total Number of Career Years Played; Mortality Outcomes by Total Career Years Played; Vital Status by Total Career Years Played; Cox Models for Total Career Years Played; Post Hoc Analysis of Continuous Version of Total Number of Career Years Played; Summary of Results; Discussion; References; Chapter 8: Multivariate Analysis; Introduction; Methods; Life Expectancy; Life Expectancy Estimation; Statistical Plan for Life Expectancy Summary Of ResultsDiscussion; References; Chapter 5: Body Mass Index (BMI); Introduction; General Literature Review; The Prevalence and Costs of Obesity; BMI Background; Literature Review of BMI and Mortality in Professional Basketball and Football; Professional Basketball; Professional Football; Methods; Measurement of BMI for This Study; Statistical Plan; Results; Descriptive Statistics; Height and Weight; BMI; Mortality Outcomes by BMI; Vital Status by BMI Categories and League; Cox Models Predicting Mortality Risk Based on BMI Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 5, 2018) Subject Occupational mortality -- United States Football players -- Mortality -- United States Football players -- Health and hygiene -- United States Basketball players -- Mortality -- United States Basketball players -- Health and hygiene -- United States Premature death. Athletes -- statistics & numerical data Mortality, Premature Basketball -- injuries Football -- injuries Models, Statistical Risk Factors Sports injuries & medicine. Occupational medicine. Epidemiology & medical statistics. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Death & Dying. MEDICAL -- Occupational & Industrial Medicin. Occupational mortality United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9783319772035 3319772031

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