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SUBMITTER: Ehrlich J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7406953 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ehrlich Justin J Kmush Brittany B Walia Bhavneet B Sanders Shane S
F1000Research 20191128
In general, National Football League (NFL) players tend to live longer than the general population. However, little information exists about the long-term mortality risk in this population. Frequent, yet mild, head trauma may be associated with early mortality in this group of elite athletes. Therefore, career playing statistics can be used as a proxy for frequent head trauma. Using data from Pro Football Reference, we analyzed the association between age-at-death, position, and NFL seasons-play ...[more]