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Risk for sudden cardiac death associated with marathon running -
BJ Maron, LC Poliac, WO Roberts - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 1996 - Elsevier
... marathon finishers is estimated to be -4 h, then the risk for sudden death may also
be ... who died of coronary artery disease also showed an increase in heart ...

[PDF] EFFECT OF MARATHON RUNNING ON INFLAMMATORY AND HEMOSTATIC MARKERS -
AJ Siegel, JJ Stec - AMAA JOURNAL, 2003 - amaasportsmed.org
... of strenuous physical exer- cise may increase the relative risk for AMI (3) and
sudden cardiac death as reported in one in 50,000 marathon runners during or ...
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CAUSES OF SUDDEN DEATH IN YOUNG AND MIDDLE-AGED COMPETITIVE ATHLETES -
R Virmani, AP Burke, A Farb, JA Kark - Cardiology Clinics, 1997 - Elsevier
... do not appear to be significantly increased in athletes. ... or have other well-known
risk factors, such ... in patients with exercise-related sudden death, and risk ...

The Heart of Trained Athletes: Cardiac Remodeling and the Risks of Sports, Including Sudden Death -
BJ Maron, A Pelliccia - Circulation, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc
... strenuous endurance athletic events, such as triathlons and marathons. ... intense sports
training and competition increase risk for sudden death or disease ...

Heart disease in marathon runners: a review. -
TD NOAKES - Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 1987 - acsm-msse.org
... 33, 34); and (iii) the increased resistance to ... and clinical diagnoses in 22 cases
of sudden death. ... runners: premonitory symptoms, coronary risk factors, time ...

Evidence for Decreasing Occurrence of Sudden Cardiac Death Associated With the Marathon -
WO Roberts, BJ Maron - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2005 - Am Coll Cardio Found
... To the Editor: The risk for sudden death caused by ... last decade, road racing
participation has increased more than ... 2004 to determine whether the risk of sudden ...

Blood platelet activation and increase in thrombin activity following a marathon race -
L R?cker, WK Drygas, B Heyduck - European Journal of Applied Physiology, 1986 - Springer
... cise-induced haemostatic changes may increase the chance ... viduals who are at special
risk of myocardial in- farction or sudden death during exercise ...

Sports Haematology. -
DJ Shaskey, GA Green - Sports Medicine, 2000 - sportsmedicine.adisonline.com
... deficiency in adolescent girls: are athletes at increased risk?. ... maximal exercise
performance in female marathon runners with ... Sudden death in sickle-cell trait ...

Athletes, athletics, and sudden cardiac death. -
PD THOMPSON - Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 1993 - acsm-msse.org
... athletes undergo baseline and periodic examinations focused to detect those conditions
known to increase the risk of exercise ... Sudden death in young athletes ...

EXERCISE AND ITS ROLE IN SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH -
DS Siscovick - Cardiology Clinics, 1997 - Elsevier
... self-selected groups are likely to reflect the increased amounts of ... these data indicate
that the absolute risk of sudden cardiac death during exercise ...

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Marathons cut risk of fatal vehicle crashes

 

Competing risks of mortality with marathons: retrospective analysis

Organised marathons are not associated with an increased risk of sudden death, despite the media attention they attract. In fact, marathons lower the risk of fatal motor vehicle crashes that might otherwise have taken place if the roads had not been closed, finds a study in this week’s Christmas issue of the BMJ.

Millions of people take part in organised sporting events on a regular basis, yet the outcome for a few participants is sudden death. These deaths attract widespread media attention, such as the high publicity given to deaths that occur in marathon runners.

In contrast, sudden deaths from motor vehicle crashes occur more than a hundred times each day in the United States alone and tend to be under-reported in the media.

Yet no previous study has explored the extent to which marathons might actually decrease mortality.

So researchers examined marathons throughout the US to test whether the total number of sudden deaths changed when roads were closed to traffic and opened to marathon running.

They randomly selected 26 established marathons involving more than 3 million participants over a period of 30 years. Each marathon had at least 1,000 participants and took place on United States roadways from 1975 to 2004. Sudden cardiac deaths following each marathon were recorded and compared to motor vehicle deaths during the same hours one week before and one week after each marathon.

The same comparisons were then replicated for state counties that were outside the marathon route to check for spillover in traffic flow.

Over the 30 years there were 26 sudden cardiac deaths, equivalent to a rate of 0.8 per 100,000 participants or about two deaths per million hours of exercise. But because of road closure, 46 motor vehicle fatalities were prevented, equivalent to almost two lives saved that would have otherwise occurred.

The reduced risk could not be explained by re-routing traffic to other regions or days and was consistent across different parts of the country, decades of the century, seasons of the year, days of the week, and race characteristics.

The data show that the final 1.6 km of the marathon accounts for almost half of the sudden cardiac deaths, so the authors suggest the last half of the marathon (and the last 1.6 km in particular) is the priority for paramedic staffing and ambulance preparedness.

The results also indicate that, for participants, the final sprint with sudden cessation may be more dangerous than generally realised, they conclude.
 
 
 
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