Mortality and its risk factors among professional athletes : a comparison between former NBA and NFL players /: a comparison between former NBA and NFL players. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeffrey S. Markowitz.
• Authors: Markowitz, Jeffrey S
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 304.64; Medicine; 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; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Death & Dying; MEDICAL -- Occupational & Industrial Medicin; Occupational mortality; Medical -- Sports Medicine; Medical -- Occupational & Industrial Medicine; Sports injuries & medicine; Occupational medicine; Epidemiology; Sports medicine; Medicine, Industrial; Medical -- Epidemiology; Epidemiology & medical statistics; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319772035; 3319772031
• Related ISBNs: 9783319772028; 3319772023
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 5, 2018).
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