Table 3.

Neurodegenerative disease outcomes among former international rugby players compared with that of a matched population comparison group

	Former international rugby players (n=412)	Matched population comparison group (n=1236)	HR (95% CI)	P value*
All NDD	47 (11.4%)	67 (5.4%)	2.67 (1.67 to 4.27)	<0.001
Deaths	32 (7.8%)	39 (3.2%)	2.60 (1.44 to 4.70)	0.002
Hospitalisation	21 (5.1%)	37 (3.0%)	2.29 (1.19 to 4.41)	0.013
Prescribing NDD	24 (5.8%)	28 (2.3%)	4.59 (2.14 to 9.82)	<0.001

*Cox proportional hazards regression.

NDD, neurodegenerative diseases.