Community-level group sports participation and all-cause, cardiovascular disease, and cancer mortality: a 7-year longitudinal study.
Taishi TsujiEisaku OkadaMasashige SaitoSatoru KanamoriYasuhiro MiyaguniMasamichi HanazatoKatsunori KondoToshiyuki OjimaPublished in: The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity (2024)
Our findings support the existence of a preventive relationship between community-level group sports participation and the occurrence of all-cause and cancer mortality among older individuals. Promoting group sports within communities holds promise as an effective population-based strategy for extending life expectancy, regardless of individual participation in these groups.