Longevity of Polish top-class athletes compared to other social elites and well-known people in the years 2001-2021.

Autor: Śmigielski W; National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland (Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion).; University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Demography)., Małek Ł; University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland (Faculty of Rehabilitation)., Kwaśniewska M; Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Preventive Medicine)., Gajda R; Gajda-Med Medical Center in Pułtusk, Pułtusk, Poland (Center for Sports Cardiology).; Jan Dlugosz University, Częstochowa, Poland (Department of Kinesiology and Health Prevention)., Pawlak-Sobczak K; Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Preventive Medicine)., Korczak K; University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Computer Science in Economics, Institute of Logistics and Informatics)., Cicha-Mikołajczyk A; National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland (Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)., Piwońska A; National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland (Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)., Piwoński J; National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland (Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)., Śmigielski J; State University of Applied Sciences in Konin, Konin, Poland (Department of Health Sciences)., Drygas W; National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland (Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion).; Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Preventive Medicine).; Calisia University, Kalisz, Poland (World Institute of Family Health).
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health [Int J Occup Med Environ Health] 2024 Sep 10; Vol. 37 (3), pp. 335-350. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 21.
DOI: 10.13075/ijomeh.1896.02369
Abstrakt: Objectives: The aim of this work is to initiate or revive a scientific discussion on the impact of professional life on the parameters of human lifespan.
Material and Methods: Presented analysis is based on 8578 Polish elite or well-known person who died in 2001-2021.
Results: The results of the conducted analysis indicate that in the case of men the highest values of the median age at death were characteristic of freelancers (median [Me] ± quartile deviation [QD] 85.5±8.5 years), followed by scientists and academic teachers of the biological and medical specialty (Me±QD 84.0±7.5 years) and officers of power structures (Me±QD 83.5±8.5 years). Subsequently, the highest value of the median age at death was recorded for social activists (Me±QD 83.0±9.5 years), clergy (Me±QD 82.0±7.5 years) and scientists and academic teachers of specialties other than biological and medical (Me±QD 82.0±8.0 years). Significantly, at the very end of this list are athletes (Me±QD 77.0±9.0 years). Nevertheless, the results of the analysis confirm that professional athletes are characterized by higher median age at death compared to the general population. Analysis made only within athletes group demonstrated that the parameters of lifespan of athletes of endurance disciplines (Me±QD 78.0±8.0 years) are the most favorable compared to athletes of other disciplines, in particular in compare to team sports athletes (Me±QD 75.0±10.0 years) or combat sports athletes (Me±QD 75.0±7.1 years).
Conclusions: What is new and innovative in this paper is comparing the lifespan characteristics of athletes in comparison to widely represented group of other professions with higher socio-economic status. Unexpectedly, the lifespan of athletes occurred to be lower than for fast all other analyzed occupational groups, except mainly of entertainment musicians. Finally, the results presented in this paper emphasize the need to analyze the lifespan characteristics of athletes in a broader scope than only in relation to the general population. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2024;37(3):335-50.
(This work is available in Open Access model and licensed under a CC BY-NC 3.0 PL license.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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