caa a22 4500 465769225 CHVBK 20180323111924.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00150429 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00150429 Life expectancy in Italian track and field athletes [Elektronische Daten] [A. Menotti, E. Amici, G. Gambelli, F. Milazzotto, P. Bellotti, R. Capocaccia, B. Giuli] Nine hundred eighty-three top Italian track and field athletes (700 males and 283 females) were examined for survival, mortality and causes of death for an average follow-up period of 18.6 years starting from their last year of competition as members of the national team. Overall mortality rates were compared to the rates expected on the basis of the life tables for Italian people of the same age, sex and time period. Thirty-four deaths were observed among males (vs 46.6 expected) with a O/E ratio of 0.73, while 3 deaths were observed among women (vs 6.2 expected) with a O/E ratio of 0.48. Neither of these differences was significant, but the O/E ratio for the group as a whole was quite significant (p = 0.0296). Some of the athletes demonstrated behavioural characteristics developed during their active careers that might have contributed to their low mortality rate. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 Athletes nationallicence Life expectancy nationallicence Mortality nationallicence Menotti A. Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut Amici E. Research Department FIDAL, CONI, Rome, Italy aut Gambelli G. Department of Cardiology, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy aut Milazzotto F. Department of Cardiology, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy aut Bellotti P. Department of Cardiology, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy aut Capocaccia R. Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut Giuli B. Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut European Journal of Epidemiology Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/3(1990-09-01), 257-260 0393-2990 6:3<257 1990 6 10654 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00150429 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00150429 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Menotti A. Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Amici E. Research Department FIDAL, CONI, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gambelli G. Department of Cardiology, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Milazzotto F. Department of Cardiology, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bellotti P. Department of Cardiology, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Capocaccia R. Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Giuli B. Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Epidemiology Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/3(1990-09-01), 257-260 0393-2990 6:3<257 1990 6 10654 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer