NBA選手の死因:競合リスク分析
José A Martínez1, Klaus Langohr2, Luciano Consuegra-Sánchez3
1Business Economics, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena member of European University of Technology EUT +, Cartagena, Spain.
BMJ open sport & exercise medicine
|February 4, 2026
まとめ
NBA選手の死亡率は、主に新生物と心血管疾患によるものであり、特にアフリカ系選手と高身長の個人でそのリスクが高い。エリートアスリートの長期的な健康は公衆衛生の関心事である。
科学分野:
- スポーツ医学; 公衆衛生; 疫学
背景:
- プロアスリート、特にNBA選手の長期的な健康状態は十分に理解されていない。
- このユニークな集団における死亡原因を分析することは、公衆衛生戦略に情報を提供できる。
研究 の 目的:
- NBA選手の死因と死亡リスク要因を調査すること。
- 検証可能なオープンソースデータと競合リスクを伴うイベント発生までの時間分析を利用すること。
主な方法:
- 1946年から2019年7月までの4374人のNBA選手を対象とした後ろ向きコホート研究を実施した。
- 死因を特定し、新生物、心血管疾患、外因性原因、特発性原因に分類した。
- 人種と身長を、原因別調整済みCoxモデルを用いて予測因子として評価した。
主要な成果:
- 2019年7月までに、864人の選手(19.8%)が死亡した。新生物と心血管疾患が60歳以降の死因の主なものであった。アフリカ系は心血管疾患による死亡リスクが高く、身長は新生物と心血管疾患による死亡リスクの上昇と関連していた。
- By July 2019, 864 players (19.8%) had died.; Neoplasms and cardiovascular diseases were leading causes of death from age 60.; African ancestry was linked to higher cardiovascular death risk, and height to increased risk of neoplasms and cardiovascular mortality.
結論:
- 新生物と心血管疾患はNBA選手の主な死因である。
- アフリカ系選手と高身長の個人は、より高い死亡リスクに直面している。
- エリートアスリートの長期的な健康は、公衆衛生上の優先事項として認識されるべきである。
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