Table 2:

Primary cause of death among former international rugby players and a matched population comparison group.

Primary cause of death	Former international rugby players (n=412)	Matched population comparison group (n=1,236)	Hazard Ratio (95%CI)	p*
Any cause **	121 (29.4%)	381 (30.8%)	0.86 (0.68–1.08)	0.19
Cardiovascular disease	54 (13.1%)	155 (12.5%)	0.89 (0.63–1.28)	0.534
Cancer	30 (7.3%)	108 (8.7%)	0.77 (0.50–1.19)	0.242
Neurodegenerative disease	11 (2.7%)	18 (1.5%)	2.43 (0.92–6.42)	0.073
Respiratory disease	11 (2.7%)	43 (3.5%)	0.62 (0.28–1.39)	0.247

^*Cox proportional hazards regression.

^**All-cause mortality analysis did not fulfil the proportional-hazards assumption and showed time-dependent variability