对美国职业棒球大联盟左撇子球员与长寿问题的重新审视。

Left-handed major-league baseball players and longevity re-examined.

作者信息

Abel Ernest L, Kruger Michael L

机构信息

Department of Obstetrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA.

出版信息

Percept Mot Skills. 2004 Dec;99(3 Pt 1):990-2. doi: 10.2466/pms.99.3.990-992.

DOI:10.2466/pms.99.3.990-992

PMID:15648498

Abstract

We re-examined the relationship between handedness and age at death for major league baseball players who died before 2002. This study extended the most recent examination of this issue by 13 years allowing us to compare 870 left-handers, 4,092 right-handers, and 1,092 bimanual players. Our study also took into account year of birth and player's position, both of which are related to longevity. Our analysis yielded no significant differences in longevity related to handedness (F(2,6035) = 0.13).

摘要

我们重新审视了2002年之前去世的美国职业棒球大联盟球员的用手习惯与死亡年龄之间的关系。这项研究将对该问题的最新调查时间延长了13年，使我们能够比较870名左撇子、4092名右撇子和1092名双手都灵活的球员。我们的研究还考虑了出生年份和球员位置，这两者都与寿命有关。我们的分析结果显示，与用手习惯相关的寿命没有显著差异（F(2,6035) = 0.13）。