Thompson P D, Funk E J, Carleton R A, Sturner W Q
JAMA. 1982 May 14;247(18):2535-8.
In the six years from 1975 through 1980, a total of 12 men died during jogging in the state of Rhode Island. The cause of death in 11 was coronary heart disease (CHD). One man died of an acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage. The prevalence of jogging in the Rhode Island population was determined using a random-digit telephone survey. Among men aged 30 through 64 years, 7.4% +/- 2.6% (mean +/- SEE) reported jogging at least twice a week. The incidence of death during jogging for men of this age group was one death per year for every 7,620 joggers, or approximately one death per 396,000 man-hours of jogging. This rate is seven times the estimated death rate from CHD during more sedentary activities in Rhode Island and suggests that exercise contributes to sudden death in susceptible persons. The occurrence of only one death per 7,620 joggers per year demonstrates that the risk of exercise is small and suggests that the routine exercise testing of healthy subjects before exercise training in not justified.
在1975年至1980年的六年时间里，罗德岛州共有12名男性在慢跑过程中死亡。其中11人的死因是冠心病（CHD）。一名男性死于急性胃肠道出血。罗德岛州居民的慢跑普及率是通过随机数字电话调查确定的。在30至64岁的男性中，7.4%±2.6%（均值±标准误）报告称每周至少慢跑两次。该年龄组男性慢跑时的死亡率为每7620名慢跑者每年有1人死亡，即每慢跑39.6万小时约有1人死亡。这一死亡率是罗德岛州久坐不动时冠心病估计死亡率的7倍，表明运动可能导致易感人群猝死。每年每7620名慢跑者中仅出现1例死亡，这表明运动风险较小，也意味着在运动训练前对健康受试者进行常规运动测试是不合理的。
