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Sports that extend life

04.12.2016

An international team of researchers led by Emmanuel Stamatakis, Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, has analyzed a large body of medical data to find out which sports do and do not extend life.

Scientists used data from 80,3 thousand people over 30 from England and Scotland. The analysis showed that the risk of death for people who regularly played various types of tennis was lower by as much as 47%. For swimmers, this figure was 28%, for aerobics it was 27%, and for cyclists it was 15%.

At the same time, the chances of dying specifically from cardiovascular disease in tennis players were lower by 56%, in swimmers - by 41%, and in people involved in aerobics - by 36%.

There was no association between football/rugby and running/walking activities and time of death.

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