Citation

Anisimov VN, Zharinov GM. J. Gerontol. Geriatr. Res. 2017; 6(6).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, The author(s), Publisher OMICS Publishing Group)

DOI

10.4172/2167-7182.1000e148

PMID

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Abstract

There is common opinion that moderate intensity physical activity during leisure time is associated with reduced mortality in general population [1,2]. During last years considerable attention was paid to the athlete life span and longevity [2-7]. It was shown that some elite sportsmen live longer however another sportsman live shortly than people does not involved big sport. These contradictions could be depending on variability of material for investigations of parameters of life span, type of selection groups of different sport and many other factors. 65% to 70% of rate of aging and longevity of humans determined by social and economic conditions and life style [1] whereas genetic factors have an important but significantly smaller impact on aging [8]. Lorry drivers, miners, seamen, and some other professionals have a feature of accelerated aging and increased risk of premature death [6]. At the same time, persons which received public signs of their success or excellence from a state or from professional societies (Nobel prize winners, Oscar or popular competitions winners, members of national academies, etc) live longer than ordinary citizens [8-14].

We analyzed the data on age of death mentioned in Wikipedia 57914 males professionally involved in the 25 of sport disciplines (Table 1). There is significant difference in the mean age of death (MAD) between some of them. Thus, maximum MAD was in yachtsmen (sailors) (77.1 ± 0.88 years) and minimal -in auto- and moto-sportsmen (62.0 ± 0.71 years), that was 15.1 years difference (p<0.001).