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dc.contributor.authorKontro, Titta K.
dc.contributor.authorSarna, Seppo
dc.contributor.authorKaprio, Jaakko
dc.contributor.authorKujala, Urho
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-06T10:15:04Z
dc.date.available2018-04-01T21:45:11Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationKontro, T. K., Sarna, S., Kaprio, J., & Kujala, U. (2017). Use of Alcohol and Alcohol-related Morbidity in Finnish Former Elite Athletes. <i>Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise</i>, <i>49</i>(3), 492-499. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000001137" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000001137</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_26291916
dc.identifier.otherTUTKAID_71598
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/53188
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: The effect of a history of competitive sports on later use of alcohol and occurrence of alcohol-related diseases is poorly known. We investigated how a history of elite level sports was associated with alcohol consumption in middle-age and with alcohol-related morbidity and mortality. Methods: The occurrence of alcohol-related diseases and deaths were followed using national registers from 1970 to 2008 among Finnish male former elite athletes (n = 2202) and matched controls (n = 1403) alive in 1970 (mean age = 45.1 yr). Hazard ratios were calculated by Cox proportional hazards model. In 1985, surviving participants questionnaire-reported their alcohol consumption and engagement in physical activity/sports. Results: The risk of any alcohol-related diseases or deaths did not differ between former athletes and controls (hazard ratio = 0.93, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.73–1.20, P = 0.59), although the risk was higher among both combat sports athletes and weightlifters compared with endurance sports athletes, shooters or jumpers, and hurdlers (P < 0.05). In 1985, athletes consumed more alcohol (417 g·month-1, 95% CI = 386–447) compared with controls (397 g·month-1, 95% CI = 355–441) (P < 0.05). Consumption was lower among endurance sports athletes than among controls (P < 0.05). Team sports athletes consumed more alcohol (P < 0.05), especially beer (P < 0.01), compared with other athletes and controls. Athletes no longer engaged in leisure-time sports consumed more alcohol than those who continued to be physically active (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Overall, former athletes reported higher alcohol consumption than controls. There was no difference in alcohol-related morbidity, but the risk varied between different sports groups. Alcohol consumption after top sports career was greater if participation in leisure-time sports was discontinued.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherLippincott Williams & Wilkins; American College of Sports Medicine
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMedicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
dc.subject.otheralcohol
dc.subject.otherchronic disease
dc.subject.otherformer athletes
dc.subject.otherphysical activity
dc.titleUse of Alcohol and Alcohol-related Morbidity in Finnish Former Elite Athletes
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201702221504
dc.contributor.laitosLiikuntatieteellinen tiedekuntafi
dc.contributor.laitosFaculty of Sport and Health Sciencesen
dc.contributor.oppiaineLiikuntalääketiedefi
dc.contributor.oppiaineSports and Exercise Medicineen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2017-02-22T10:15:05Z
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange492-499
dc.relation.issn0195-9131
dc.relation.numberinseries3
dc.relation.volume49
dc.type.versionacceptedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2016 the American College of Sports Medicine. This is a final draft version of an article whose final and definitive form has been published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Published in this repository with the kind permission of the publisher.
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dc.subject.ysokohorttitutkimus
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p25606
dc.relation.doi10.1249/MSS.0000000000001137
dc.type.okmA1


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