The associations between participation in certain sports and lower mortality are not explained by affluence and other socioeconomic factors.
Charles Perkins Centre, Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Emmanuel
E
Stamatakis
Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Paul
P
Kelly
Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Sylvia
S
Titze
Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
Zeljko
Z
Pedisic
Charles Perkins Centre, Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Adrian
A
Bauman
Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Charlie
C
Foster
School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
Mark
M
Hamer
Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Melvyn
M
Hillsdon
UKK Institute, Tampere, Finland.
Pekka
P
Oja
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D009026:Mortality; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013177:Sports
cohort study; epidemiology; physical activity; public health; sports