Prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, and ischemic heart disease in former elite athletes

摘要: Diabetes, hypertension, and ischemic heart disease are less frequent among physically active subjects. The aim of the present national population-based study was to compare prevalence these three diseases between former Finnish elite athletes referents. subjects consisted surviving male who represented Finland years 1920 1965 at least once in international competitions referents age 20 were classified as completely healthy a medical examination, responded questionnaire 1985 (athletes, n = 1,282; 777). In 1985, they completed with medical, life-style, psychosocial items; that time, leisure physical activity greater previous than presence or absence identified from one registers: hospital inpatient discharge register, reimbursable medication disability pension register. When compared referents, both endurance mixed-sports had lower age-adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for all studied diseases. Compared power-sports higher risk high body mass index (BMI) but disease. Subjects BMI an increased Smokers diabetes those never smokers. After adjustments age, BMI, smoking history, occupational group, lowest ORs (OR 0.24; 95% confidence interval, 0.07 0.81) 0.33; 0.18 0.61).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)