
Superbowl 2012
According to a a study published in
Clinical Cardiology journal, deaths due to cardiac events can be related to championship football matches, such as the popular
Super Bowl games. The authors found that a Super Bowl loss triggered increased deaths in both men and women and especially in older patients, whereas a Super Bowl win reduced death more in those aged ≥65 years and in women.
It is known that stressors such as intense sporting events may increase cardiac event rates in fans, but there has been little data available on the demographics of these fans. Based on our linear regression analysis, our study suggested that Los Angeles’ 1980 Super Bowl loss increased total and cardiac deaths in both men and women and triggered more deaths in older patients compared with younger patients. Conversely, the 1984 Super Bowl win showed a trend for reduction of death rates, slightly better in older than younger patients and in women more than men. There were no significant interactions between Super Bowl and race in our linear regression analyses.
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