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@ARTICLE{Berger:293942,
      author       = {K. Berger and H. Baurecht and M. Stein and J.-K. Heise and
                      S. Castell and L. Weisser$^*$ and T. Schikowski and K.
                      Oliver and W. Lieb and R. Micolajczyk and A. Kluttig and B.
                      Schmitt and A. Stang and T. Pischon and A. Peters and H.
                      Brenner$^*$ and M. Leitzmann and L. Krist and T. Keil and A.
                      Karch and T. Meyer},
      title        = {{S}occ{H}ealth: a health status examination of former
                      professional football (soccer) players within the {G}erman
                      {N}ational {C}ohort.},
      journal      = {BMJ Open Sport $\&$ Exercise Medicine},
      volume       = {10},
      number       = {4},
      issn         = {2055-7647},
      address      = {London},
      publisher    = {BMJ Publishing Group},
      reportid     = {DKFZ-2024-02009},
      pages        = {e002228},
      year         = {2024},
      abstract     = {The long-term health effects of football (soccer) have
                      received significant attention in recent years. While brain
                      health is currently the focus of this interest, potential
                      long-term risks or benefits related to cardiovascular and
                      metabolic diseases and cancer are also of interest to sports
                      medicine professionals. However, studies assessing the
                      overall health risks for professional football players
                      remain scarce. We introduce 'SoccHealth', a satellite
                      project to the German National Cohort (NAKO), Germany's
                      largest population-based cohort study. SoccHealth examined
                      348 former professional football players aged 40-69 using
                      the infrastructure and comprehensive examination programme
                      of NAKO. The German Statutory Accidental Insurance for
                      Professional Athletes identified and invited male players,
                      while female players were recruited among former national
                      team members. Details of the examination programme and the
                      sociodemographic and career-related characteristics of the
                      participants are described. The identical examination
                      programme for the NAKO participants provides the opportunity
                      to draw general population controls according to various
                      definitions and focus on the respective research question to
                      be analysed. This report delineates one approach to evaluate
                      the long-term health effects of football across a broad
                      range of diseases.},
      keywords     = {Contact sports (Other) / Football (Other) / Medicine
                      (Other) / Method (Other)},
      cin          = {C020 / C070},
      ddc          = {796},
      cid          = {I:(DE-He78)C020-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)C070-20160331},
      pnm          = {313 - Krebsrisikofaktoren und Prävention (POF4-313)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-313},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {pmid:39371415},
      pmc          = {pmc:PMC11448189},
      doi          = {10.1136/bmjsem-2024-002228},
      url          = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/293942},
}