The risk of neurodegenerative disease among former Scottish international rugby union players is more than double that of the general population, finds research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
Traumatic brain injury is a major risk factor for neurodegenerative disease and is thought to account for 3% of all dementia cases.
National electronic health record data on hospital admissions, prescription meds, and the most common causes of death among Scottish men—circulatory system disease; respiratory disease; and cancer—were used to track the health and survival of both groups for an average of 32 years from the age of 30 onwards.
The risk of a dementia diagnosis was just over twice as high, while that of Parkinson's disease was three times as high, and that ofAdditional analysis showed that field position of the former rugby players had no bearing on neurodegenerative disease risk.
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